As the World Cup nears, Christian Pulisic’s scoreless streak for the United States stretched to a career-high eight games. ... He’s going to start to score again.”Also read | FIFA World Cup qualifying marathon ends as Iraq secures the final spotPreparing to co-host the World Cup in June, the U.S. has lost eight straight games to European opponents while getting outscored 22-6. They open the World Cup on June 12 against Australia, face Paraguay a week later and close the first round against Turkey on June 25. Pulisic thought back to the last two games before the 2022 World Cup, a 2-0 loss to Japan and a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia. “Maybe we didn’t have a great camp, and at the end of the day, we go in, we have a great World Cup.

Source: The Hindu April 01, 2026 15:10 UTC