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Christian Pulisic scored a beautiful goal in USMNT friendly before leaving with injury


It didn't take long for Christian Pulisic to find the back of the net for the U.S. men's national soccer team in its friendly Tuesday night against Chile, as he scored his 10th international goal just three and a half minutes in.

But then he later had to be pulled from the game in the 35th minute with a quad injury and the USMNT then settled for a 1-1 draw in Houston.

Before we get into the injury let's take a look at his goal, which made the 20-year-old the youngest player in USMNT history to have 10 international goals. And it was a beautiful first touch:

But then he left due to precautionary reasons with a quad injury, which had fans feeling nervous:

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