Alexi Lalas and David Mosse debate whether USMNT & AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic is a world class player as of right now. Check out their responses!
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Is Christian Pulisic one of the best players in the world?
This is a fun topic and yes he is world class right now based on current form.
Dear Americans, christian pulisic is not in the top 50 players. He might just make the top 100
I don't know why anybody listens to this a****
The waffle spurting from the American talking heads about Pulisic is so amusing. They are so desperate to have their own " Bobby Moore". Stop looking across the pond for legitimacy and for that matter, inspiration. The Premier League didn't suit the player. End of. It wasnt for him. John Stones clattered him and he left. He's now somewhere where the pace is slower and less physical. Get over it. Sidebar the media attempts to hype up the player is to the detriment of the wider pool and those hoping to break through. Football isnt about the face on the tea towels. Mercifully Poch knows that.
pulisic would not start for madrid or man city. how can he be world class? already shown he couldn’t do it in the prem with chelsea
There is absolutely no way that Pulisic is a top 25 player in the world. That is flat out ludicrous. World class? Maybe if he keeps this form up all season. Not yet though.
No American has ever done or been near him. I love Lalas.
Not at all. He is average.
Would he make an all world 22 man squad.. no.. but world class has different definitions for different people
The premier league is trash
I’ll answer that for you, no he is not !
Best american? Yes. Good Player? yes. Great Player? Eh. If anything, he's a blueprint for the next generation that want to be considered at the very best. The blueprint for me is: would Real Madrid want him? They are the pinnacle club. I'd say he peaked out in 2019-2021. He's on a good team in AC Milan right now, which is a good fit. He's not aggressive enough for EPL again and he's not fast enough or have enough skillset for La Liga. He did well at Dortmund, whom are always great at developing youth. Serie A is a perfect career fit for him, IMO.
So long as UMSNT doesn't truly build a foundation at age 5, theyll never compete on an international stage. At the very best, they can hope a scout sees some youth at invites them to academies in europe before age 10. Im an expat been living in spain since 2015 here in Madrid. The kids under 13 in la liga would DESTROY us players in high school. They sign him at 5,6 years old and by the time they are preteens they are in boarding schools that focus fulltime on the sport.
IMG Academy in US has the right idea with this, but until they form serious, national level boarding programs and get themselves invited to international tournaments more often or, at the very least, invited to summer youth camps in europe or latin america, theyll always be behind.
AC Milan was a semifinalist in the UCL 18 months ago. They are an elite team He is a guaranteed starter every game for them. By definition that means he is world class
Now is he a top 5 player on the planet right now?
No.
He is a good player. He is not world class. World class gets taken lightly and is used way too many times for too many players.
World class is top 25… he’s not top 50
Pulisic is far away from being a World Class..
As an American, I do not care how you feel about Christian Pulisic being a world-class player.
If you define world class as top 10 positionally, I think it’s pretty close