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SPO:US sweat on star's fitness as Socceroos clash nears

The fitness cloud hovering over United States star Christian Pulisic is growing two days out from a blockbuster clash with the Socceroos.

Pulisic, often dubbed 'Captain America' picked up a calf knock in training last week and was withdrawn at halftime of the US's 4-1 opening win over Paraguay.

The 27-year-old has trained solo all week on a managed plan as the US continue their preparations for Australia at Seattle Stadium on Friday (5am Saturday AEST).

That casts serious doubt over Pulisic's involvement as a starter, if at all.

"He has not been training fully with the group yet, but we've got a couple of days to see where he's at," defender Antonee Robinson said.

"Thankfully we've got a lot of boys on the bench ⁠who are eager and ready to get involved in helping the team and ‌a lot ​of quality.

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