After dispiritingly missing out in 2018, The U.S. Men are once again on the brink of World Cup qualification thanks in large part to the play of star forward Christian Pulisic. The Chelsea winger has endured an up and down campaign with his club in recent months, but on the back of a recent upturn in form the 22-year-old came into the National Team setup with a point to prove. Today, The Athletic’s Paul Tenorio takes us through the match against Panama where Pulisic’s talismanic performance helped drive the USMNT to a decisive victory and tells us just how high this team’s ceiling can be if Pulisic is firing on all cylinders.

Read all of Paul Tenorio’s U.S. National Team and MLS coverage: https://theathletic.com/author/paul-tenorio/ 

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