Christian Pulisic, His Father And Tim Weah Rail Against ‘evil’ Us Soccer Critics

Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, and Mark Pulisic (Christian’s father) each delivered searing takes connected ex-US men’s nationalist squad players who criticized nan squad during their caller tally of bad form, pinch Weah deeming nan pundits to beryllium “evil.”

The trio made nan comments successful nan latest epsiode of nan Pulsic docuseries connected Paramount+, nan last episodes of which were released this week. The caller episodes screen nan nationalist squad from nan 2024 Copa América, successful which nan US underperformed by exiting astatine nan group stage, up done nan 2025 Nations League final, wherever nan US mislaid against Panama and Canada en way to a disappointing fourth-place decorativeness successful a title they had won successful each of nan erstwhile 3 editions. Following that tournament, Pulisic kicked disconnected a media firestorm erstwhile he announced that he would skip nan 2025 Gold Cup, nan team’s past competitory tourney earlier adjacent year’s World Cup connected location soil, owed to fatigue aft a second-straight 50-game play pinch Milan.

Pulisic’s determination elicited beardown critiques from ex-US players for illustration Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard, Charlie Davies, Jimmy Conrad, Herculez Gomez and others.

“In my sentiment (they) disrespected maine successful a batch of ways, and wholly forgot astir what I’ve done for this nationalist squad for 10 years,” Pulisic said successful nan wide promoted docuseries covering astir each facet of his still-ongoing career, including extended clip spent connected his breakthrough pinch nan US nationalist team.

The bid besides includes galore segments focused connected Pulisic’s individual life, and nan domiciled his family plays wrong his soul circle. His father, Mark, was a erstwhile master shot player, and he said up forcefully for his son.

“These [pundits] want clicks, societal media, ‘subscribe to my channels,’ ‘listen to my podcasts’ aliases whatever. I deliberation they should look successful nan reflector and look astatine their past performances for nan nationalist squad earlier they commencement talking shit,” he said. “It’s jealousy. People want to beryllium successful his shoes, and they’ll find immoderate logic to bring him down. But Christian doesn’t springiness a crap what anyone says.”

Christian besides repeated a retort he utilized earlier this year, successful an quality connected CBS Sports’ Call it What You Want podcast, which had been heavy captious of his determination to retreat from nan Gold Cup

“I’d opportunity nan astir annoying thing, and for maine nan biggest cop-out of each time, is erstwhile each pundits opportunity ‘they didn’t want it,’ ‘they didn’t person nan heart,’ ‘back successful our time we would conflict and we would dice connected nan field,’ he said, insisting again that nationalist squad results impact him deeply.

The astir scathing retort, though, came from winger Tim Weah.

“I deliberation those guys are chasing checks, and for maine I conscionable consciousness for illustration they’re really evil,” he said. “They’ve been players, and they cognize what it’s for illustration erstwhile you’re getting bashed. Those are nan aforesaid guys that’ll move astir and shingle your manus and effort to beryllium friends pinch you astatine nan extremity of nan day. Don’t get maine wrong, I respect each of them. They were players I looked up to. But rather frankly, nan guys earlier america didn’t triumph thing either … Christian himself has had a amended profession than each azygous 1 of nan guys that speak antagonistic connected us.”

Pulisic vanished past play arsenic one of Milan’s champion players successful a play erstwhile nan squad won nan Supercoppa Italia but mislaid successful nan Coppa Italia final, mislaid successful nan knockout information of nan Uefa Champions League, and vanished eighth successful nan Serie A table. The squad will not play successful European title this year, pinch Pulisic missing clip successful preseason owed to an ankle injury.