United States national team coach Gregg Berhalter said Christian Pulisic’s status for the World Cup qualifying game against Canada on Monday (6/9) WIB morning was still uncertain. .
Berhalter has also revealed that Zack Steffen will be sidelined again due to a back problem.
Pulisic and Steffen missed Thursday’s opener of the World Cup qualifiers (2/9), in the game against El Salvador, which ended in a goalless draw.
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At that time, Pulisic was still recovering after testing positive for Covid-19 on August 20.
With Steffen out, Matt Turner looks set to start over for the United States, which will await the latest developments on Pulisic’s state of readiness before making a decision.
“Christian will assess again today,” said Berhalter, Saturday (4/9) local time.
“He’s made progress, and we’ll have to see if that’s enough to get him into the squad and play.”
“Zack will be absent for this game.”
Berhalter then discussed Pulisic’s status as the Chelsea star continued to rebuild his physical form after battling Covid-19.
Pulisic tested negative before flying from London to the United States for the World Cup qualifiers, but he is still looking to get back in shape after missing several spells with Chelsea.
“We made him faster in training. We’re trying to see what he can handle, to see what kind of workload he can do and I think that’s the first step,” again said Berhalter.
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