Pulisic will give his all to be ready for the match against Australia, says Aaronson

 Brenden Aaronson said Christian Pulisic will give his all to be ready for the United States' second World Cup match against Australia after suffering a calf injury. Pulisic suffered the injury last week, and it reportedly worsened the situation in the opening match, in which the US beat Paraguay 4-1. Pulisic provided an assist for Folarin Balogun's opening goal before being substituted at half-time as the score read 3-0 in favor of the USA. Pulisic currently has four World Cup goal contributions (one goal and three assists), which puts him second in U.S. national team history in this regard (only Landon Donovan has more goals and assists). The 27-year-old player trained separately from the rest of the team on Wednesday, and the U.S. national team's coaching staff introduced a modified training plan for him, which is aimed at getting him to full strength for Friday's match in Seattle. "We really hope that Christian will come back for this match," Aaronson, who could take Pulisic's place in the starting lineup if necessary, told reporters. "I don't know exactly what's going on, but we know he'll give his all to get back into the team and be ready for this match." The US team will face Australia in a match for the group leader. The Australians surprised everyone with their play in the match against Turkey, in which they won 2-0, not allowing their rivals to take a single shot on goal. Pulisic was a key figure in the match against Paraguay, he also forced an own goal by the opponents. Antonee Robinson, however, is confident that if Pulisic fails to play in the match against Australia, the team will still cope and will be able to get a favorable result. “He hasn't trained fully with the group yet, but we have a lot of guys who are waiting for their chance and ready to help the team, and we have a lot of quality players,” Robinson said. "It's a long tournament. If we don't have him for this match, we will definitely try to have him ready for the next matches because we will need him." --- ## Related Articles 1. [2026 World Cup](https://khidarikhabran.com/khabran/2026-138) 2. [Bouaddi, Haaland & Messi: dit is het WK Elftal van de Week](https://oranjenet.live/nl/news/bouaddi-haaland-messi-dit-is-het-wk-elftal-van-de-week)