ORLANDO, Fla. -- The debate has raged for much of this calendar year. Where do you play Christian Pulisic?
The 19-year-old usually plays out wide for his club, Borussia Dortmund, though the particular wing he plays on changes every so often. U.S. manager Bruce Arena has alternated Pulisic between wide and more central positions, but the discussion has tended to obscure an even larger truth about this U.S. team: If the players around Pulisic don't play well, it doesn't really matter where he lines up. He'll be smothered, kicked and largely shut down.
So on a night when Pulisic was reinserted into a central role in the U.