Goal.com · Oct 10, 2017
Pulisic ready to handle hard knocks that come with USMNT stardom
The U.S. playmaker is drawing more and more attention from overzealous defenders, and the young star is handling the physical treatment like a pro
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago — Christian Pulisic's mother wasn't much different than your average parent when it came to seeing her child fouled by bigger kids.
Pulisic has been making defenders look silly since his age was in the single digits, and even then he learned that there was a physical price to being so damn talented with the ball. It was a price his mother still wasn't very happy about, but one his father knew was part of the game.