{"id":74129,"date":"2026-05-28T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/pochettino-says-christian-pulisic-is-going-to-score-in-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:56:27","slug":"pochettino-says-christian-pulisic-is-going-to-score-in-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/pochettino-says-christian-pulisic-is-going-to-score-in-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino says Christian Pulisic \u2018is going to score in the World Cup\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>US coach addressed several topics on Thursday<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\u2018We are seeing the real American player right now\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>On World Cup snubs: \u2018It\u2019s so painful, it\u2019s so difficult\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/31\/sign-up-for-the-world-behind-the-cup-a-newsletter-about-more-than-soccer\"><strong>Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino is entering the 2026 World Cup with plenty of confidence in his team\u2019s biggest star, even after last summer\u2019s saga that saw Christian Pulisic ask out of national team duty.<\/p>\n<p>The Milan forward opted out of last summer\u2019s Concacaf Gold Cup as he prioritized entering the 2025-26 season with adequate rest, wanting to avoid burnout for this crucial World Cup summer. The star and his international coach then exchanged words through podcasts in the lead-up to the tournament, which saw the US fall in the final against Mexico.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/may\/28\/mauricio-pochettino-christian-pulisic-usmnt\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US coach addressed several topics on Thursday \u2018We are seeing the real American player right now\u2019 On World Cup snubs: \u2018It\u2019s so painful, it\u2019s so difficult\u2019 Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Mauricio Pochettino is entering the 2026 World Cup with plenty of confidence in his team\u2019s biggest star, even after last &#8230; <a title=\"Pochettino says Christian Pulisic \u2018is going to score in the World Cup\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/pochettino-says-christian-pulisic-is-going-to-score-in-the-world-cup\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pochettino says Christian Pulisic \u2018is going to score in the World Cup\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}