Christian Pulisic reminded everyone as to why he is nicknamed ‘Captain America’ on Tuesday after he scored the all-important goal which secured the USMNT a place in the last-16 of the World Cup.
Much was on the line for both sides, the USA required a win in order to progress while their opponents needed to avoid defeat. If that wasn't enough to ramp up the pressure, the underlying story was the political unrest in the build-up of the match, with a social media post from the US leading to calls for them to be kicked out of the competition.
It unsurprisingly led to an intense contest as a game of cat and mouse played out between two sides who had everything to play for, however, Pulisic scored what would prove to be the only goal of the contest after latching onto Sergino Dest’s cross in the 38th minute.
