OF TABLE CONTENTS AMERICAN HERO 4 CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO PENNSYLVANIA PRODIGY 10 CHAPTER THREE DORTMUND DYNAMO 16 CHAPTER FOUR STARS AND STRIPES 20 CHAPTER FIVE MOVING UP AND MOVING ON 24 GLOSSARY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR 30 31 31
USA 4 10 10 4
CHAPTER ONE AMERICAN HERO In June 2017 the US men’s national soccer team needed a hero The team was a mess The Americans were trying to qualify for the 2018 World Cup However they had started World Cup qualifying with just one win in their first four matches The team’s coach Jürgen Klinsmann had been fired Their all-time leading scorer Landon Donovan had recently retired Their second leading scorer Clint Dempsey was on the downside of his career Someone had to step up It turned out to be a teenager Christian Pulisic was ready to step up for the US men’s national team against Trinidad and Tobago 5
