They will never play against one another and, barring seismic events, they’ll never wear the same jersey. Until Sunday, one was half the age of the other.
On either end of the Atlantic, their American soccer stories are being told. One opened the first chapter of a page-turning manuscript; the other is deep into an epic, nuanced novel heading back to the publisher for an unexpected postscript.
On Saturday in Germany, Christian Pulisic continued an extraordinary month by scoring once and assisting twice on an elite circuit, the Bundesliga. On Sunday, he celebrated his 18th birthday at a Justin Bieber concert.