he was born in hershey, pennsylvania, playing for the u.s. soccer development academy before moving overseas as a teenager. his first stop, germany. then to england in a blockbuster transfer to chelsea. a move that cost the premier league giant $73 million, making him the most expensive soccer player to date from the u.s. christian pulisic went on to win the champions league title with chelsea in 2021, the second u.s. soccer player to do so. but now his world cup fate is in the air. the u.s. soccer team announcing, quote, christian pulisic has been diagnosed with a pelvic contusion is his status is day-to-day. but a pumped up pulisic had different thoughts. apparently posting from the hospital, so proud of my guys, i ll be ready for saturday.