The U.S. attacker didn't score, but set the Americans on a path to a comprehensive victory - he's a leader who can take this team far

A "kick" to the back of the left calf was to blame, Pulisic said after the U.S. team's 4-1 victory over Paraguay. When asked about the severity of the injury, the 27-year-old American said he was hopeful he would be able to play in the USMNT 's second group play match next Friday against Australia.

Christian Pulisic played only the first half of USA’s 4-1 win against Paraguay in the opening game of their World Cup 2026 campaign. During his post-match interview, he revealed he had suffered a knock,

View in 3-D how Christian Pulisic and Folarin Balogun made the second goal for the U.S. team in a 4-1 thrashing of Paraguay in its World Cup opener.

The only thing that seemed even a bit of a concern was the fact that Christian Pulisic exited the game at halftime, substituted off for Sebastian Berhalter. It turns out it was injury-related. All the tone after the game makes it sound like it wasn't a big deal,

France's World Cup winner Olivier Giroud explains why his friend and former Chelsea and AC Milan team-mate Christian Pulisic holds the key to USA hopes at this summer's tournament.

The U.S. needs its star to peak at this World Cup. So far, so good.

After the USMNT’s resounding 4-1 win in the World Cup opener against Paraguay, the conversation forked into two. The first was, obviously, about the US team’s largest margin of victory at a World Cup since 1930,