'There are two sides of me' - Pulisic opens up on managing highs and lows with USMNT and Chelsea

U.S. men's national team (USMNT) star Christian Pulisic has opened up on the difficulties that come with playing under the spotlight, as the Chelsea star reflected on balancing his happiness as a player and as a person.

Pulisic is under the microscope on two continents, with his status as American soccer's biggest name drawing even more attention to a player going through the highs and lows of playing for Chelsea.

Pulisic admitted those highs and lows do weigh on him as he rejoins the USMNT amid an up-and-down spell with the Blues.

"There are two sides of me," Pulisic said. "Especially when people ask you how you are sometimes, there's the soccer side and then there's the person side. The person side is even more important for me and I'm doing alright, in that sense.

"It's a lot sometimes. When I come to the national team, it's 'How are things Chelsea? What's this? What's that?'

"It's tough, it's tough. It's definitely played a lot on me and mentally it's been difficult at times, but I'm always very excited to come back with a national team and sort of step away and get to enjoy playing with these guys and get to just enjoying football in general."

Pulisic admitted this season at Chelsea hasn't lived up to expectations, but that he is looking forward to leading the U.S. into World Cup qualifiers this week.

"Obviously it's been up and down this year for sure, not exactly where I want to be and how I want things to be right now," he said. "I'm just gonna keep going.

"It doesn't affect me when I come here, so I'm excited to be here."

Pulisic has spoken out several times in recent months about the importance of mental health, revealing in July that he has benefitted greatly from talking to a therapist.

He later said he