{"id":3498,"date":"2026-06-19T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:15:32","slug":"christian-pulisic-to-miss-us-world-cup-match-against-australia-because-of-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"Christian Pulisic to miss US World Cup match against Australia because of calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 U.S. star Christian Pulisic will miss Friday\u2019s World Cup match against Australia because of a calf injury and was replaced in the starting lineup by Ricardo Pepi.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3496\">Rain from Arthur moving out of central NC, clear Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>United States coach Mauricio Pochettino made the announcement during an interview with Fox about 90 minutes before the kickoff at Lumen Field in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a setback for a U.S. team that defeated Paraguay 4-1 in its opener on June 12 and with a win would clinch advancement to the round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3493\">Leafs acquire Darren Raddysh from Lightning and sign him to an 8-year contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pulisic left the game at halftime after helping create the opening goal by splitting a pair of defenders before passing to Weston McKennie, then setting up Folarin Balogun for the second goal.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said the 27-year-old attacker was kicked in the back of his left calf during a training session ahead of the game and felt tightness during the match.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3491\">Triangle community to unite for Juneteenth event honoring man who died in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pulisic trained on his own in the leadup to the game against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic has 33 goals in 87 international appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Pepi was the only addition to the U.S. starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup: https:\/\/apnews.com\/fifa-world-cup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 U.S. star Christian Pulisic will miss Friday\u2019s World Cup match against Australia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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