Christian Pulisic is a figure in U.S. soccer who inspires a unique type of fandom.
Throughout each World Cup appearance he made on home soil this summer, there was an extra crackle of electricity in the crowd when the No. 10 got on the ball. Amid the sea of red and white stripes filtering into stadiums across the west coast, the only club shirt to appear with any sort of frequency was Pulisic’s AC Milan jersey.