Christian Pulisic — United States World Cup 2026 Squad

For the United States, the face of the tournament is still Christian Pulisic. He is 27, he plays for AC Milan, he has 75 caps and 30 goals, and he goes into a home-soil World Cup as the attacker most casual and serious fans alike still look for first. That status would mean less if he were only a marketing name. He is not. Pulisic remains the quickest way the US can turn possession into danger. He can carry the ball across the line, draw fouls, slip the final pass, or finish the move himself when the lane opens. What changes in 2026 is the scale of expectation. The squad is older now, the event is landing in the United States, and every discussion about how far the hosts can go eventually comes back to whether their biggest player can own the biggest month of his international career. That is a fair test. He has seen the World Cup before and knows how small the windows get. If the United States are going to give the tournament a real run, Pulisic will have to keep making tight matches feel playable for them.