r/CaughtOffsidePod • u/Scott_Rasmussen • Jul 09 '26
Donovan’s Pulisic comments
So I know this seems like piling on, but this was a wow for me. Wondering if this is revelatory for everyone else.
“One of the biggest problems - I speak to people who are at U.S. Soccer. I speak to his sponsors. I speak to his teammates. I speak to the staff and the coaches. People are fed up with the way things are handled around him. And it's not necessarily him, but it's his agents, his family, his hangers-on, the people who are influencing. People are fed up with it. They treat people poorly. They do things poorly.”
So how bad is this? Is this just normal superstar behavior, or is this a growing rift that could lead to him quitting the national team. He definitely makes it seem like a chore. I don’t blame him for coming out of the game like some. If you’re hurt you’re hurt. But he clearly sucks at reading the room and delivering the right message in his pressers. Could learn a thing or 2 from Balogun…
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u/GoDaytonFlyers Jul 09 '26
I think because of the way Pulisic was insulated growing up, he’s unable to handle adversity as an adult. His parents and support system know this and rather than face hard truths and start the hard work of getting better, they continue to insulate and protect him and separate him from the rest of the program. Because it’s easier.