The most important stat of the season is that Pulisic played in 50 matches, which was tied for the most on the team with Reijnders.
You were correct. Calhanoglu was named Best Midfielder. And not surprisingly, Lautaro Martinez was named league MVP.
Ok this in a way might be wading into national team talk but I think this is relevant in discussing "World Class". Assuming every National team brought four wide forwards is there a national team that Pulisic would not be selected because of better players if he was that nationality? I would assume possibly Brazil or France?
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Why is Pulisic not with the Milan team in Australia this week? He doesn't appear to be with the USMNT yet either.
Both Pulisic and Leao were left off AC Milan's squad for this trip, however, USSF gave 14 of the euro-based players who were still getting minutes late in the season this week off (presumably for R&R). Those 14 will report on Sunday.
Thank you. Do you know why Pulisic was left off / excused from the Australia trip? It seems like many of the Milan players have international duty coming up soon, so presumably that's not the reason why.
Nope... presumably star treatment? Leao was the only exclusion that was given a justification (simply, "personal reasons" which to me translates as "please accept Saudi Arabia's offer, we really want to sell you for over $100m"). I assumed it was because there is a FIFA international window starting on June 3rd that is separate from the Copa America's window, but given Musah's inclusion on both rosters, it can't be that. And it's not based on how tired the players are, as Theo and Reijnders are both in Australia and are two of the three players who played more minutes than CP this season (Maignan is injured).
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me neither. But there were 56,522 fans at the game. So that’s maybe 5 to 10 MM US$ in ticket sales alone. Who would’ve guessed that a country that calls the sport soccer would be so interested in calcio?
Perth kinda quietly became one of the wealth capitals of the world around the turn of the millennium. They've always had a significant petrol industry, but deregulation in the 90s enabled that industry to grow massively. It's currently home to more billionaires than Manchester, Boston, or Madrid.