USA handed major blow with Christian Pulisic ruled out of Australia match

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pulisic-christian/vTuaEfRq/"]Pulisic[/a] was substituted at half-time of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]USA[/a]'s opening 4-1 win against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] a week ago after suffering a calf injury and has not fully recovered.[/p][p]"[b]Christian is not available[/b]," Pochettino told Fox Sports.[/p][p]"His evolution is (going) really well, yesterday he was training.[/p][p]"[b]I hope that as soon as possible he can be ready to be selected again to be part of the team[/b]."[/p][p]The USA and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Australia[/a] can qualify for the knockout rounds with a victory in their Group D game in Seattle.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-xSrf6qMM/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=S0aAVubs"]Follow the match live with Flashscore![/a][/b][/p][embed guid="0a0cfbee-2995-4b40-8640-4f34475a344d" url="https://x.com/USMNT/status/2068030101279899824" social-type="twitter" /]