{"id":4263,"date":"2026-05-31T20:34:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:34:38","slug":"pulisic-finally-scores-usa-star-ends-six-month-goal-drought-in-world-cup-tune-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4263","title":{"rendered":"Pulisic Finally Scores! USA Star Ends Six-Month Goal Drought In World Cup Tune-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Christian Pulisic has ended his goal drought, and at the perfect time for him and the United States men&#8217;s national team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Pulisic, who hasn&#8217;t scored this calendar year, finally found the back of the net during the United States&#8217; friendly against Senegal at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sunday. It marked Pulisic&#8217;s first goal for the U.S. since November 2024 and his first goal overall since December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Pulisic was involved in both of the United States first-half goals. Striker Ricardo Pepi got the ball on the left wing and spotted Pulisic darting forward. Pepi made the pass, and Pulisic played a low cross near the top of the six-yard box, where full-back Sergino Dest tapped it in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Moments later, Pepi picked up the ball on the right wing, and there Pulisic was again, making a driving run forward through the middle of the pitch. Pepi played a perfect pass into the path of Pulisic, who went around Senegal goalkeeper Mory Diaw to slot home the Americans\u2019 second goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Pepi got the start up top over Monaco striker Folarin Balogun, who was the presumptive starter in the middle of the Americans&#8217; attack heading into the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Christian Pulisic has ended his goal drought, and at the perfect time for him and the United States men&#8217;s national team. Pulisic, who hasn&#8217;t scored this calendar year, finally found the back of the net during the United States&#8217; friendly against Senegal at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sunday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}