{"id":4661,"date":"2026-06-13T03:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2026-06-13T03:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:04:35","slug":"christian-pulisic-good-after-halftime-sub-in-usas-world-cup-opener-vs-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4661","title":{"rendered":"Christian Pulisic &#039;Good&#039; After Halftime Sub In USA&#039;s World Cup Opener vs. Paraguay"},"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>United States men&#8217;s national team star Christian Pulisic appears to be &#8220;good&#8221; after subbing out of the Americans&#8217; 2026 FIFA World Cup opener against Paraguay on Friday at Los Angeles Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Pulisic was subbed out for midfielder Sebastian Berhalter at halftime after putting in a solid shift in the first half of the United States&#8217; 4-1 win, causing concern over the 27-year-old&#8217;s availability for the remainder of the tournament. However, according to FOX Sports&#8217; Jenny Taft, Pulisic was in good spirits leaving the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I did see Christian Pulisic look up to someone from the friends and family section when he walked back on the pitch for the second half and say \u2018I\u2019m good,'&#8221; Taft reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;I&#8217;m watching him on the bench right now, he&#8217;s up and down, on his feet, with no signs of discomfort, in my opinion of Christian Pulisic right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>United States head coach Maurico Pochettino will address Pulisic&#8217;s fitness during his postgame press conference, according to Taft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Pulisic missed seven matches for club and country during the 2025-26 season, which included a 23-day absence due to a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY United States men&#8217;s national team star Christian Pulisic appears to be &#8220;good&#8221; after subbing out of the Americans&#8217; 2026 FIFA World Cup opener against Paraguay on Friday at Los Angeles Stadium. Pulisic was subbed out for midfielder Sebastian Berhalter at halftime after putting in a solid shift in the first half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4661","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\/4661","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=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}