With Christian Pulisic stuck on Chelsea's bench this season, U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter predicts his biggest star will get back into the English club's starting lineup. «I'm a guy that bets on Christian just because I've seen it before,» Berhalter said Wednesday after an event to promote Nike's World Cup jersey launch on Sept.
15. «He is not counted on in a way that he'd like to, and he gets on the field and he proves everyone wrong and he ends up playing.
I mean that's what he's been doing. So I tend to believe that's going to happen. And I think his mind is n a good spot and I think he's going to fight for it because that's the type of guy he is.» — Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) — Soccer on ESPN+: FC Daily | Futbol Americas The 23-year-old midfielder, in his fourth season with Chelsea, has been used as a second-half substitute by manager Thomas Tuchel in each of the team's first five matches, limited from seven to 27 minutes.
He hasn't scored. Less than three months before Berhalter selects his 26-man roster for the Americans' World Cup opener against Wales on Sept.