It is now almost two months since the surprise of Christian Pulisic in the USMNT selection at the Gold Cup. The tournament represented the last competitive competition for the American team before the World Cup of the following summer and the decision of Pulisic not to make itself available in some circles was criticized.
His absence left Mauricio Pochettino, the USMNT coach, at least to test new systems and give opportunities to new players. However, many, including former American stars, publicly said that Pulisic had been wrong to give priority to rest.
In a conversation with the athletics, USMNT -Stalwart Tyler Adams shared his opinion about Pulisic's absence and the states of the national team at their crucial point.
“It is a subject that everyone naturally wants to have an opinion about, but what Christian did is what he had to do for himself,” Adams explained.
“He doesn't have to earn the respect from someone in the group. Everyone knows who Christians is like a person, and no matter how good a player he is. But everyone needs time at certain times of their career or life to just say:” Let me take a step back, concentrate on myself and then continue. “
Similarly, Adams insisted that the rest of the grid did not feel that the absence of Pulisic was too sharp. He revealed that after a debilitating European season was sympathetic for the decision of Pulisic, which shows that the decision of the Milan player was the right one that looked ahead to the World Cup.
“I speak with Christian all the time. We are clearly super close. And I just know that this summer, while he took a step away, he did not expect that there would be so much noise and heat around it,” he said.
“But again, everyone wants to throw their name in the gutter because it creates a big story, or it creates noise … and that is how big he is a player and how important he is from a player he. But everyone in the team knows how important he is, what a great person he is.
In terms of his own position, Adams wants to place a recent wave of injuries behind him with Club Team AFC Bournemouth. The Premier League side excess expectations last season, almost the European places reached, and Adams will be happy to be part of their continuous success.
“Last season gave me the confidence that I had to say now:” You could take the next step. Let's take another step in development. Take a step to push yourself, “said the American star.
“Now it's like:” Ok, I'm back to myself, I feel, “he says.” I had a nice break. I will be able to get a nice preseason, and it's time. “
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