Christian Pulisic may have come on as a first-half substitute for Chelsea on Saturday but the U.S. Men’s National Team star made sure to deliver the final blow in a Premier League victory.
Pulisic scored his first league goal of the 2020-21 season, helping Chelsea hold off Leeds United for a 3-1 win. It was a win that moved the Blues to top of the league table for now and also should give Pulisic confidence going into a busy stretch of matches.
The 22-year-old came off the bench in the 30th minute for the injured Hakim Ziyech and helped the Blues scored a pair of second-half goals to hold off the newly-promoted visitors. With the score tied at 1-1, Kurt Zouma put the Blues in front in the 61st minute before Pulisic capped off the home victory in front of limited supporters.
Timo Werner’s cross into the box from the right wing was slammed home by Pulisic who capped off a good performance off the bench. Pulisic also won two fouls, made four recoveries, and also successfully completed four dribbles outside of scoring his second goal of the season in all competitions.
PULISIC IS BACK 🔥#MyPLMorning pic.twitter.com/xYqvt9dFB6
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) December 5, 2020
Not only did Pulisic’s goal cap off Chelsea’s sixth league win of the new season, but it finished off a strong day for USMNT players. Pulisic joined fellow Americans Weston McKennie, Gio Reyna, and Andrija Novakovich as goalscorers in Saturday’s action.
Chelsea will concludes its group stage play in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday against Krasnodar before traveling to Everton in league action next weekend.
Pulisic thanking the soccer Gods for that goal, in the pic lol
A lil’ did you know, it’s been 15 years since the last trifecta of Americans scored in 3 top leagues. 05’- McBride, Claudio Reyna, & Jones. Insignificant info, I know, but I’m not afraid to be an info junkie. Super Nova scored also…but I can’t help to wonder where CP, McKennie, & Gio will land in the USMNT history books.
@It’s Ok 2 Think, Excellent info! I have already forgotten the 2005 history making day by Brian McBride (Fulham), Claudio Reyna (City) & Jermaine Jones (Eintracht Frankurt) . What a coincidence that the Reyna father & son were right in the middle of both historic milestones!
https://apnews.com/9c5d2dd6264b8745bd0d94ce6e157b84
It’s difficult to project exactly how a players career (Club & Country) will ultimately end up…but Pulisic, McKennie, & Reyna are on amazing paths. They are playing & contributing to at Major clubs (higher than those in 2005) and are doing so at a younger ages.
Purely talent wise the USMNT player pool has never been more talented….collectively and individually. Give this pool of players another couple years of gaining experience and building chemistry and we’ll have a chance to evaluate them against past teams & players.
That’s a really cool fun fact
Just glad that Pulisic is back playing and contributing. I’m hoping that he remains healthy and continues playing & contributing at the level we all know he’s capable of.
March is a long ways off, but hopefully we’ll finally see our full “A-Team” together. We’ve never seen Pulisic, Adams, McKennie, Musah, Reyna, Dest, Brooks, & Steffen together on the field. These 8 represent the very best available in our player pool…The balance of the XI is up for grabs.
American players made history today! Three American players, the average age of 20.7, scored for their respective clubs at the top leagues in Bundesliga, Serie A & Premier League on the same day. Wow!
Yeah, I was waiting for Sergiño to score as well.
He had a glorious chance and skewed wide.