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Americans Abroad: Accidental Pulisic goal sets Dortmund on its way

Christian Pulisic didn’t mean to score his brilliantly placed shot Sunday, but he won’t have any complaints.

The teenager opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund in his side’s 3-0 victory over Stuttgart when he struck a ball from the right hand side that evaded the reach of goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler and just snuck under the bar.

After the game, Pulisic admitted to Bundesliga.com that he had a bit of fortune on his side with that goal.

"I was looking for the back post, just for a cross," Pulisic said. "It came off my foot a little wrong, but it wasn't so wrong in the end.