Mauricio Pochettino had to do without his best player against Australia. But Ricardo Pepi helped the Americans build attacks in different ways Once it was clear that Christian Pulisic’s calf could keep him out of Friday’s match against Australia , Mauricio Pochettino had a lot of options to cons...
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/20/no-pulisic-no-problem-how-the-us-learned-to-win-without-their-star-player)