USA confirm Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic will miss out on their matches this month
USA’s latest games
The latest international break of the 2019/20 campaign is set to get underway this week.
And for the USA, that means taking part in the Concacaf Gold Cup.
The USA are currently 2nd in their Concacaf group with Canada sat in top spot. Cuba are down in 3rd place.
The USA will face off with both sides in the coming week or so, starting with Canada on Saturday the 16th and Cuba on Wednesday the 20th of November.
Canada currently have a six-point lead over the USA but the Americans do have one game more to play.
ORLANDO, FL – OCTOBER 06: Christian Pulisic #10 of the United States reacts after scoring a goal during the final round qualifying match against Panama for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at Orlando City Stadium on October 6, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Pulisic to miss out
Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic has been one of the standout stars for the USA for several years now.
The now Chelsea man has made 34 appearances for the USA, in which he has netted 14.
Pulisic has also been in superb form over the last few weeks for his club.
However, after Chelsea’s latest triumph over Crystal Palace this past weekend, Frank Lampard confirmed Pulisic had picked up a slight hip problem.
Now, the USA have stated via their official Twitter account that Pulisic will not feature in their upcoming games:
“Christian is officially at this stage ruled out. We just got that information. This was a collaborative decision with the club. looking after the best interest of the player…
“…These decisions are always difficult because this group and the coaching staff want nothing more than to have Christian here, but it was a risk we weren’t willing to take at this time.”
Speaking to media ahead of today’s training session, #USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter confirms that @cpulisic_10 will miss out on this month’s @CNationsLeague matches.
— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) November 11, 2019
“…These decisions are always difficult because this group and the coaching staff want nothing more than to have Christian here, but it was a risk we weren’t willing to take at this time.”
(2/2)
— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) November 11, 2019
See also: Frank Lampard reacts to Chelsea being above Man City
Milinkovic-Savic a priority signing for Chelsea if transfer ban lifted – Mirror
