Alexi Lalas former USMNT international said that no one should compare both players because Christian Pulisic’s career as a footballer has just started.
Since Christian Pulisic made his debut in March 2016 with the United States Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT), many have been comparing him with U.S. international legend Landon Donovan. Many people said that the Chelsea winger will lead this generation to the next World Cup and achieve many important things with the USMNT like Landon Donovan did in his time.
According to former U.S. international player Alexis Lalas no one should be making these comparisons because Pulisic’s career just started and it’s too soon to talk about that. “No one should be asking this because Pulisic hasn’t even played a World Cup. He hasn’t achieved anything yet and so far injuries have taken the best of him.”
Christian Pulisic and the rest of the USMNT failed to qualify to the last World Cup in Russia 2018, while Landon Donovan played in 4 Gold Cups, 1 Confederations Cup and 4 World Cups with the United States.
Christian Pulisic’s injuries
At age 17 the American winger was promoted to Borussia Dortmund’s first team and since then showed the potential he has as a footballer. Pulisic played 3 seasons for Dortmund scoring 10 goals in 81 games in all competitions. This summer he signed for Chelsea but the injuries have kept them off the pitch since January and has failed to make an impact in the team so far.