The American star left one big club, Chelsea, for another in Serie A and appears to have rediscovered his form just in time to come back to the U.S. national team.
August, he quickly learned, is not the time to try getting things done in Italy, where shops close and beach crowds swell.
Pulisic scored 21 minutes into the league opener at Bologna on Aug. 21 and scored a first-half goal against Torino in his San Siro stadium debut five days later. Last Friday, only aby Roma’s Rui Patricio prevented him from notching another early goal. Combined with his preseason production, Pulisic was named AC Milan’s MVP for August.
“It was the right time for me to get out of my old club,” he said. “I had great experiences at Chelsea. I don’t have anything bad to say about it. I am just really happy with where I’m at now. I’m definitely enjoying it a lot more.”“There is always a point in time in players’ careers where things aren’t going the way you want it to go or how you picture it will go,” said U.S. midfielder Weston McKennie, who plays for Juventus, another Serie A titan. “He just seems to be having more fun [at U.S.
“You can see his confidence is very high,” Berhalter said last week. “He feels valued in his environment. And those are two key components to performing well.”
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