The Christian Pulisic Blog

After the game last night against Real Madrid in which Borussia Dortmund lost 3-2, people were just a little -- a little  -- on Christian Pulisic's nuts about some of the amazing dribbles he made.  Pulisic gliding past 3 Real defenders like it's nothing. #bvb pic.twitter.com/zTonXR530t — Matt Waldoch (@ratatattatmatt) December 6, 2017 He did play well, but unfortunately none of his dribbles led to anything. That's been a theme this season: He's had many amazing dribbles, but most of them haven't led to assist or goals (and besides the USMNT I don't know if any of them have led to goals). But it will come. You can only beat so many defenders and deliver so many good passes before you or your teammates start to find the back of the net. Other impressions from last night game: Though Dortmund looked their usual selves during the first 15 minutes, they did play some great football for at least 30 min. of the game. Kagawa was, at times, masterful. Schme...

We're all familiar with the saying, "Everyone's a general after the battle." This is what sprang to mind when I thought of all the people criticizing Dortmund after their 3-1 loss to Real Madrid yesterday in Champions League Matchday 2. The only problem is, people were saying all the criticisms about Dortmund before the match , i.e. that Dortmund's high back line left massive holes that Real Madrid would exploit. Which is exactly what Real Madrid did. Forget about the the supposed Sergio Ramos handball in the first half. Was it a handball? Maybe. But it doesn't matter. Real Madrid simply had way, way, way more opportunities than Dortmund. The score after the first half could've just as easily been 3-0 as it was 1-0. (Roman Bürki, can you cover your near post ? Is this some kind of Swiss goalkeeping technique? Though to be fair, you did have some brilliant saves.) But that's the thing: Brilliant saves should not keep the ball out of the net;...

’Twas the night before champions league, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a….whiny, diving, complaining, pretty-boy Cristiano Ronaldo.   Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Straight out of Hershey preview of Dortmund v. Real Madrid  for Day 2 of the Champions League group stage tomorrow. Today we will be talking about what we expect for tomorrow, what we hope for for tomorrow, and of course, about Christian Pulisic .   First, a little history: The last game Pulisic played against Real Madrid was in last year’s group stage, in which Dortmund drew 2-2 against Los Blancos in Madrid and Pulisic assisted the tying goal and generally looked like he belonged. He especially looked like he belonged when he beat Marcelo (who I don’t like, I’m not really sure why, but I assume if he plays for Real Madrid he’s an asshole) down the right flank.   But none of that matters anymore. We could talk about history all day but tomorrow is ...