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Excuses wearing thin as frustrated Pulisic & USMNT fall flat against England

A 3-0 humbling at the hands of an inexperienced Three Lions team left the USA's returning star frustrated and has the excuses wearing thin

After six months away from the U.S. national team, Christian Pulisic already knew he was rejoining a team in transition. What he probably wasn’t ready for was a team in disarray.

That’s what it felt like watching Pulisic and the USMNT struggle through a forgettable 3-0 loss to England, a match that, if nothing else, served as a good advertisement for why you should never take more than a year to hire a full-time head coach.