AC Milan's Christian Pulisic is currently recovering from a bone bruise and microfracture in his leg, suffered at the FIFA World Cup -Credit:Claudio Villa/AC Milan via Getty Images U.S. Men’s National Team star Christian Pulisic will be looking to use the upcoming Serie A season to bounce back from what was a disappointing FIFA World Cup from his perspective. A trio of injuries and four largely underwhelming performances on home soil were hardly what either Pulisic or the USMNT would have wanted from the Pennsylvanian this summer, en route to a Round of 16 exit, but unfortunately that's exactly what transpired. A calf injury forced him off at halftime in their opening game and sidelined him for their second group game, after which Pulisic returned only to suffer a bone bruise and microfracture in his leg in their 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the Round of 16.
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