Christian Pulisic ya girma tare da yawancin abokan wasansa na United States. Yana da shekaru 27, ɗan wasan gefe na AC Milan ya raba ɗakin sauya tufafi, filin horarwa, da gwagwarmaya maras adadi da waɗannan 'yan wasa kusan shekaru 15 — kuma wannan ƙawancen zurfi na tabbatar da mahimmancinsa yayin da United States ke shirya karbar bakuncin FIFA World Cup.

Ga ɗan wasan da ke ɗauke da nauyin buri na ƙasar sa kan kafaɗunsa, wannan kusanci na tsawon lokaci yana ba da wani abu mara misali: kwanciyar hankali. Jagorantar harin a Kofin Duniya da aka shirya a gida ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi matsa lamba a ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya, amma Pulisic ya bayyana yana samun natsuwa ta gaske daga sanin 'yan wasansa da kyau.

United States na shiga gasar tare da manyan jira-jira. Karbar bakuncin babbar kyautar ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya a ƙasar su na ƙara girman kowane sakamako, kowane wasan, da kowane yanke shawara — kuma Pulisic, a matsayinsa na shahararren tauraron ƙungiyar, yana tsaye a tsakiyar wannan fitila.

Duk da haka, waɗanda suka kusanci sansanin sun nuna cewa yanayin cikin ƙungiyar yana da nutsuwa da mai da hankali. Shekaru na gogewa ta gama-gari — daga ƙwallon matasa zuwa ayyukan ƙungiyar babba — sun gina fahimtar tare da wuya wata ƙungiyar ƙasa ta iya yin kwaikwayon ta. Sa'ad da matsin lamba ya ƙaru, Pulisic da abokan wasansa na dogara ga alaƙar da aka gina sama da shekaru goma.

Ga United States, nasarar Kofin Duniya a gida zai wakilci lokaci mai ma'ana ga wasanni a ƙasar. Ga Pulisic da kansa, wannan dama ne don tabbatar da gado nasa a matsayin ɗan wasan da ya fi fice na tsaransa a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka.