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Pulisic!

What's up?

Why you gonna leave me
waiting like that?

- I heard it. I heard it.
- What's up, man?

- You doing good?
- What's up, man? Welcome.

If you spent
any time with Clint Dempsey,

then you know
that he cares deeply

about U.S. soccer.

Good ball in,
it's Dempsey!

Clint Dempsey is back
on the field for the U.S.!

- Hello. How you doing?
- Hi.

Have you met my mom?

- I think we've met before.
- I think a long time ago.

- How you doing?
- This is my girlfriend.

- Hello, how you doing?
- Good, how are you?

Which means that he cares
about the generation

that came after him as well.

Who's the chess master here?

That's me, man.

- Yeah?
- But no one plays against me.

And I think he's probably
in a very unique position

to relate to the spotlight
and the judgment

that Christian experiences

both from Europe
and back home in the U.S.

How you feeling, man?

- I mean...
- Yeah. Still young, you--

You don't have the soreness
like you do

when you get in your late 30s,
that's for sure.

Yeah, well,
I don't feel so young anymore.

You're 26, dude.

Still got a lot of years left,
another 10.

So if anyone can speak

to some of those pressures,
it's Clint.

Once I beat your goal scoring
record, then I'll--

Shoot, it ain't gonna
take you long to do that.

You already tearing it up, man.

You need to chill out.

Then I'll retire.

I think if you're a Christian,

that has to be everything.

Clint, she just made
chocolate chip cookies.

Oh, hell, yeah. I love
chocolate chip cookies.

When we used to play together,

he, like, requested
your cookies.

Cause I gave him one one time.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, there's
always that debate

in American soccer about who
is the greatest of all time.

Is it Landon Donovan?
Is it Clint?

This is my favorite dessert.

I have to bring this
stuff from home, though,

which is always a little bit
funny that I have a white bag.

Yeah, they think you're trying
to smuggle something over.

I don't know what's going on,

I bring a little white bag
of powder.

Christian obviously
looked to Clint,

and that was the player
that he wanted to emulate.

Watch your head
on that light.

The chandelier may or may not
have been broken by me.

Oh, yeah.

I may have hit it
with a golf club.

Clint is
an interesting character.

He is the most competitive man
I have ever met.

He's obsessed with golf,

and we certainly
hear about it a lot.

Adams, he goes for--

- Oh! Oh...
- Oh.

That is absolutely sensational!

So, Nations League final.
U.S. beat Mexico.

Doesn't get
any better than that.

Christian and Tyler Adams,
come and join us on set,

where we've been broadcasting
the tournament from.

Have we dragged you guys
out the locker room?

Yeah, but I mean,

we were getting sprayed
with champagne.

I didn't want to be in there.

And word on the street
is that Christian

is a very good golfer.

Hey, I've been seeing you
been playing some golf.

We need to set up
that match a little bit.

Clint obviously believes that
he is a very good golfer.

So the idea that these two,

two of the best players
that America has ever produced

should play one another
on the golf course

was brought up, and
the challenge was thrown out.

- We got a challenge to do.
- You trying to get out there?

Oh, yeah.

I slept all the way
across the ocean.

Dude, it's pouring out.

I'm in for that.
Tyler will be my caddy.

All right, all right.
We'll put some money up.

That's a good--
All right, all right.

Put some money.
All right--

CBS, come film it.

Heading into this camp,

we knew that
the Men's National Team

would have a camp
at the same time.

And so Jurgen and I began
talking about any opportunities

where we could not only
observe the players in training,

but also off the field
to mix the players together.

We told them to prepare
some questions

and just be themselves

and have lunch
with their heroes.

Well, today I got to sit

and eat lunch with
the Men's National Team.

And a couple of guys
that were at my table

were Kyle Beckerman,
Brad Davis,

and it was a really
cool experience.

It was just a really fun day.

I think what
Christian is going through

since 15, 16 is a different
type of educational path.

You mature a lot faster.

It's really cool.

It's been really nice,

and these guys
really inspire me,

and I just want to be in
their shoes one day,

and it's been--
It's been good.

You know,
he experienced a lot

at a very early age,

which is super, super important,

because every experience
like this that he had

and every person that he met

made him already stronger.

When you're the main guy,

you like, when people
look to you

in those big moments to do
something special.

Don't judge
our swings, please.

Get the cameras away
for the first couple, please.

The first hit
is always the worst.

It's what you dream about
as a kid when you're like,

you know, you're
in a World Cup final

and you got an opportunity
to score the game winner.

It's like, these are the moments
you dream about as a kid,

and it's like, now you have
a chance to make it a reality.

Are you gonna be able
to do it or not?

Oh, yeah.

You know, from the beginning...

The battle's begun.

Getting to go and
play for the national team

and having someone
like Clint there.

It was-- It was really
important for me.

Well, that is not shanked.

And not only someone
who's been through it,

but someone I looked up to,

someone that I tried
to model my game after.

Dang!

He was always someone
that would talk to me, and--

I think he saw some of
himself in me as well.

All right, amateur, step aside.

Come on, you got
the cameras on you.

I know, my--
My knees are shaking.

And still to this day,

he'll help me out
and we'll talk, so...

Damn, Gina!

That is crazy.

So, yeah, Clint's always
been important to me,

especially in
my National Team career.

All right, let's do this.

All right.

I mean, I know what
that pressure can be like,

and we all have different ways
of dealing with it.

And I think for him, golf is--

It's a way just to relax
and kind of get away.

And, you know, maybe it's not
playing a full 18 holes.

Maybe it's just being outside

and walking around and kind of
forgetting about, you know,

what he has to deal with
in the team

and the expectation

and the pressure to perform,
you know?

There's a lot of things that
come with this-- this life,

and it's just how you handle it.

Yo, are you for real right now?

It's difficult enough
to just do well on the pitch

and control
what you can control.

And when you have these
outside things you have to do,

it's kind of like
it's a balancing act.

Oh, no.

It's actually perfect.

Yeah, yeah, actually perfect.

So, I mean, golf
is a way to kind of reset,

get a breath of fresh air.

You know, I might have got
in over my head.

'Cause, you know,
when the next day starts,

you're gonna be back
on the grind again.

Off the side of this mountain.

It's not the shot
you want on the first hole,

So the only way
I can describe it is, like

seeing my younger brother
and being proud of him.

Are you kidding me?

Oh, my gosh.

Who birdies the first hole?

Didn't know I was playing
with Tiger Woods.

Truly, as a kid,

the National Team
was everything for me,

and I wanted it so bad.

Looks pretty good.

Being a part of that team

and being friendly
with those guys.

If you told me that
10 years ago,

obviously I wouldn't
believe you.

So it's--

Yeah, it's still surreal.

You know, you taking care
of me the way you did

in the National Team.

- That's a gimme.
- All right,

I give you that,
you know what I mean?

I don't care what they
say about him. He's all right.

He's definitely
a decent golfer.

But I think
I had a great day,

and he didn't have
his best stuff.

- You won, brother.
- Hey.

He didn't even have his club,

so that's his excuse
for now.

- That was fun.
- It was a pleasure, bro.

- Thanks for coming out.
- Thanks for playing.

- What's up, bro?
- Good stuff.

I wish I'd have
played more golf.

I want to be good
after my career.

It'd be cool to go,
like, on the Pro-Ams and stuff.

Yeah.
And not, like, suck.

CLINT;
Like, you're like, scratch.

Yeah.

You hungry?

I'd be down.

Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.

Thanks for joining us today

for this U.S. Soccer
press conference.

My first memories
of Christian are, like,

being in the camp,

he wasn't really, like,
cocky, talking shit.

He was just got his head down,
came in there,

let his kind of work
speak for itself.

I think he was,
like, 17-years old.

He was just gliding
past players, like, with ease.

I was like, "Okay, damn."

For me, it's an amazing honor

to be a regular part
of this team.

I mean, you know,

kind of being
in that playmaker role,

it's just kind of
been a style of mine,

how I played most of my life.

And, yeah, it's just amazing
to be out there

and just trying
to help the team

in whatever way I can
and then...

Everybody was
waiting for that moment,

now, that he gets
his first taste

of the senior national team,

because you just need
a couple of training sessions

with him to understand
what quality he has.

And then you forget, as a coach,
you always forget about age.

You look at a player
and you say,

he's good or he's not good,

and he was good.

You know, for me,

getting called up
to the national team

and getting to play
with those guys

and play under Jurgen,
that was exciting.

But, you know, I missed out
on so many things,

I think, in my lifetime
because of this--

this grind I've been on

in trying to make it
in professional soccer,

Missing all
of my high school experience,

missing all those dances,

all those moments in school

with some of your friends.

It's a--

It's a lot, man.

You know, normal people
have their high school,

hometown,
and college friends,

and we had our group of
friends in our hometown.

But after our freshman year
of high school,

Christian moved out to Florida

to play at the IMG Academy.

And that's where he built

this whole other group
of friends,

including Nick and Danny.

We both grew up
in Pennsylvania,

about an hour apart
from each other,

and we would go to these
camps in Philadelphia,

and we were playing
a little possession drill,

and I stepped
on his foot by accident.

And he turns around and he,
like, gives me a look,

and I say, "It's football.
Stop being a pussy."

And that was like,
one of the first, like,

encounters I remember with him.

He grew up in Pennsylvania.

We played against
each other a little bit,

and then we met early on
in Youth National Team.

But, man, we weren't
always super friendly.

I think we were competitive.

And Danny-- Danny had

kind of this edge
to him that, uh,

that I respected, but I did
not love the guy out first.

Oh, by the way,
for the documentary,

let's introduce my friend Nick.

- What's up, guys?
- Nick Taitague.

And then there's
my other friend, Nick.

I mean, I think everyone
will tell you about Nick.

Nick Tategui, FC Richmond.

We played with each
other on the national team.

And I said to my dad
after one of the games,

"That guy Nick,

one of the best players
I've played with."

You know, Christian,
Danny and I,

we just sort of
form this bond.

And Christian genuinely
wants the best

for the people he cares about.

He wants me to succeed.

You know, I want him to succeed.

And I love being there
for those big moments.

And actually, I was there

at the U.S.A. vs Brazil
game in Florida,

at the Nike Friendlies

when he had that big moment when
he did the LeBron celebration.

I was actually in the corner

as part of the few guys
that went to hug him.

It was a big moment.

To this day, they're
two of his best friends,

and they've kind of been
through it, you know,

with him through thick and thin.

You know, it's funny.

Christian signed
his first pro contract at 17,

but he kept in touch
with his friends,

and it was prom year
for his age.

Christian really
wanted to go to prom.

I mean, for him, that was like,
the one thing that he's like,

"I really, at least,
want to have one experience

to, like,
the high school dance."

He thought
he might be able to sneak away

after the season at Dortmund
and get to the prom.

And I'll never forget
Christian talking to my wife

and I and saying, look,
"I really want to go to prom,"

but he had a National Team
obligation.

And I was just like,

"Well, you're gonna
have to ask your coach."

I didn't know how to

kind of take that question
from Christian

if he could go
to his high school prom,

because I had no idea,
what are we talking about?

But, you know,
I'm married to an American,

and she knew
what this was about.

So I had to ask my wife.

She, within 10 seconds,
told me,

"Listen, this is a big deal,

and he has to go to his prom."

So I finished
the conversation right there.

Clearly, his wife
had a good heart

and saw-- saw it
in the same way, so--

Um, I was lucky.

I was lucky to have
a coach like that.

I told him, "Just make sure

"that however you
come back the next morning,

"come back early
in the morning,

that you can catch
the training session."

I came on board to start
working with Christian in 2016,

and the first job I had

was to find him the private
jet to take him to prom.

So I found one and then became
the job of convincing Mark.

You see, I'm known in
the family as the cheap guy.

So at 17,
to get a private jet

And spend what was it,
30, 40, 50 grand?

It's just insanity.

Mark described
himself as cheap.

Mm-hm.

Did you say that's
an accurate description?

I'd say that's-- that's--
That's very accurate.

I was probably sick
to my stomach about it,

But, you know,
the timing was crazy.

He wouldn't have been able
to take a commercial flight.

So, you know, I--

held back and said,
this is something he wants.

So, um,

But, yeah, sticker shock.

I mean, I think it's nuts.

I mean, looking back on it,

honestly, I'm thinking,
what on earth was I doing?

But at the same time, you know,

there's some benefits
to-- to doing this

and having the opportunity
to do something like that.

I mean, that was new to me.

That was the first private jet
I'd ever been on.

I went straight from training
the day before the game,

made it for the evening there.

Prom, flew straight back
in the morning

in time for the game.

I didn't miss anything.
I didn't even miss a training.

I was able to make it back
the day of the game

and still able to play.

Who was your prom date?

My prom date
was Grace Bruggemeier.

Shout out, Grace.

Hi.

Welcome.

This is my prom date.

Her and some
of our Hershey friends

actually just visited
Dan and me here on Milan.

There's no ships
like friendships,

Whoo!

So we've stayed friends
through it all.

We gotta do that.

Yeah--

I think
it can be easy to forget

with a player like Pulisic,

who at that point was already
pretty competent on the field,

you know, playing
well above his age.

And it was like one
of those rare moments

where you're sort of reminded
of a player's age

and it is a little
heartwarming, honestly,

to see somebody
competing at that level

and then still whisked away
to do something, I guess,

universally relatable

to any of us who went
to high school, you know?

Maybe it's not relatable
to get whisked away

in a private jet
to your prom.

Christian Pulisic flies
on a private jet to prom,

hops back on that same jet,

touches down with
the U.S. Men's National Team,

and says, "You know what?"

"Tonight sounds like a good
night to make history."

Nagby for Jones.

Darlington Nagby.

Long story short,
the next day,

they flew him back
to Kansas City,

and that's when he scored
his first goal

for the U.S. National Team.

He's gonna set it
for Christian Pulisic!

The youngest American
in the modern era

of the U.S. National Team
to score a goal.

17 years of age.

I can't remember what I did
the day after my prom.

Waking up on an air mattress
somewhere,

hungover off two hard lemonades

or something
like that, you know?

So I think he had probably
a better go of it than I did.

All worth it.

All worth it now.
So, uh... Yeah.

Well, you want
a glimpse at the future?

Take a look at this.

So straight away, right,
you're 17,

you win over some of
the senior players in the team,

you start to get
some respect early on

but then reality sets in.

The United States of America

up against Argentina

in this Copa America
semi-final here in Houston.

Jurgen should
have played you more,

especially in the semifinal.

There's no way
you shouldn't have started

that game versus Argentina.

Yeah, it was tough, man,

going on at halftime
of that game, man,

was it already like 2 or 3-0?

It was bad,
that's all I gotta say.

- It was tough.
- It was not good.

Messi.

Oh, absolutely astounding.

Honestly, I'll never
forget watching that game,

like, from the bench, though,
that first half,

like what Messi did.

- And, yeah, that free kick.
- That was--

And I had doping
with him after the game.

That worked out,
man, there you go.

Get you a jersey or anything?

- I took a picture.
- You got a photo?

I remember, though,
you didn't have your phone

and you had to beg
someone to get that.

You're, like, trying
to be nonchalant,

Yeah.

You know, in the run up

to the 2018 qualifying cycle,

the U.S. is led
by Jurgen Klinsmann.

He's an incredibly
polarizing figure.

You know, I mean, in good
ways and in bad ways, obviously.

He really pushed
the U.S. Program to modernize,

to look at dual nationals,
all these sorts of things.

He was also wildly
unpopular with fans.

But at the end of the day,
only the results matter.

The final leg
of the journey

towards the 2018 FIFA
World Cup in Russia.

The World Cup comes
around once every four years.

So it's not like
if you miss a World Cup,

you say, "Oh, you know what,
there's next year."

No.

It is the beginning

of a ten-game
hexagonal final round

stretching through next fall.

You don't know
when your next opportunity

is going to come,
but since 1990,

the U.S. has qualified for
seven straight World Cups.

Dos Santos able to
win that ball off of Bradley.

The shot is in!

Through traffic!
Mexico have the lead!

But it's called World Cup
qualifying for a reason.

You still got to go
through a grueling

qualifying process to get there.

And it finishes.
Mexico, 2, United States, 1.

World Cup qualifying
it's grueling, it's not easy.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

But normally it's a rather
smooth ride for the U.S.

But I just remember

a lot of things happening

where I thought, you know,

this may not go like
we think it's gonna go.

Costa Rica
and the U.S. it is Match Day 2.

Here you see an exciting
generational type talent.

This is the future
of U.S. soccer.

I want to see him
in a World Cup at 18.

And this cycle starts off
as bad as it possibly could.

Near post hitter, goal.

The team wasn't
exactly fully together.

Ball in
and he beats Guzan for two.

There were things happening.

Costa Rica now up by three.

We didn't have much.

Looking for four.

He's got it!

The United States
being ripped apart.

Two straight losses,
and the U.S. find themselves

sitting at the bottom
of the table.

Huge news in the sport.
Juergen Klinsmann out

as U.S. National Team head
coach and technical director.

The timing is certainly
interesting

because the U.S.
is into the final round

of World Cup qualifying.

Is this the right call?

It's the right call. It is.

It's a difficult call,
but the right one.

It's the hex.

And this is getting down
to crunch time.

You know,
the wheels were coming off

and obviously
I was hired at a time

where the national team

lost their first two
games in qualifying.

It was a difficult moment

and U.S. Soccer
made the decision and

and contacted me about
taking over again,

which I did.

And I think 2017
was a really good year.

Bruce Arena is,
bar none,

the greatest men's coach in
the history of American soccer.

If you look at what he did
in the college ranks,

if you look at what he did
in MLS, obviously,

he's arguably the most
successful coach, you know,

in the history of the United
States Men's National Team.

It's just not even an argument.

He's kind of the GOAT.

With the urgency
we have in March,

we're gonna be trying to,
you know,

make the right kind
of evaluations

in order to try to evaluate
who can help us in March.

I obviously respect
what Bruce Arena has done

as a national team coach,

so he'd had an incredible
record up until that point

and I think bringing
him back was interesting

and he gave me
the opportunity,

he gave me the freedom to play.

The United States
set to take on Honduras.

The message from Bruce Arena,

get after them
from the opening whistle.

Let's be a team tonight.

I'll never forget
in a game against Honduras

when I was starting
in the number 10 position

and I'm just looking around
and I'm like--

Michael Bradley, he's captain

and there's Clint Dempsey,
Jozy Altidore.

It's a veteran-laden squad

that Bruce Arena
has called in

and they plan
to set the tone early.

Four years before that

I was watching them play
in a World Cup

and now I'm starting
and I'm playing with them

in a qualifying match.

It was like--
I couldn't believe it.

For Pulisic,
off of Beckeles' chest.

Dempsey trying
to ride Henry Figueroa.

Clint Dempsey is back
on the field for the U.S.!

Back to score big goal.

Growing up
in the States,

truly, like, the biggest
thing for me

was playing in a World Cup.

Finding Pulisic,
he's onside!

Christian Pulisic!

Get that hype train moving!

We are seeing a star
born right before our very eyes.

Pulisic threading the needle.

Dempsey, a touch around Escober.

It is five!

Can you believe this?

To be on the field

and starting and playing
with these guys

and assisting Clint Dempsey,

I mean, um,
it was just a dream for me.

It is a record-breaking
win for the United States

in the final round
of World Cup qualifying.

Christian Pulisic,
a goal, two assists.

Dempsey, a hat trick.

United States 6, Honduras 0.

Christian, Mike--
Come back in full.

My whole motivation in 2017

was to qualify the team
for the World Cup.

But it was a little bit of
an awkward time for U.S. Soccer.

They'd already played
two qualifying games

and we knew
as a coaching staff in 2017

if we qualify for
the 2018 World Cup

we were gonna have to make
a lot of changes to the roster.

Christian comes in as a--

as a talented player
but a quiet kid,

18-years old and he's still
trying to find his place.

But by the end of the year
he was our leading goal scorer

and was the U.S. Soccer
Player of the Year.

Under the guidance
of Bruce Arena,

we start to see
some change in results.

Pulisic in the box.

Pulisic at the six,

squares, shot, Dempsey, goal!

It's not always smooth
and it's not always consistent.

The United States,
a point in Panama.

But through the chaos,
I remember Christian putting in

a wonderful performance.

He lost his angle,
cutting it back.

Yedlin cross!

Is stabbed in
for the opening goal tonight

from Christian Pulisic!

He played really well
and didn't seem at all

like the moment
was too much for him.

Altidore, Pulisic continues

running down and behind--

Christian Pulisic!

He was one of the main guys.

The goals and assists
that he had had

during the qualifying process,

if he didn't have, I mean,

we wouldn't even have been
in that-- that situation.

What can't this kid do?

They start to rise
in the table

and seems as though
we're on the right track.

Chicharito being harassed.

Bradley's gonna escape
from Herrera.

Bradley tried to chip Ochoa!

And he scores!

Michael Bradley!

So it was a pretty up
and down qualifying cycle.

Ureña is in here,

he can finish this argument.

I think he has that!

Costa Rica two, and the U.S.A.
in shreds tonight.

For whatever reason, we were
struggling to really produce

and you could kind of see
how things are going.

And partly
you have this feeling of,

did we leave it too late?

The United States,
maybe a bit of trepidation

as they step out
onto the field,

fully aware of the situation.

Clint Dempsey creates

and it's knocked home
by Bobby Wood.

And the United States
will settle for the point.

And at the end of it,
the U.S. find themselves

in a situation
with two games to go

where they control
their own destiny.

Get two results

and you find yourself
in the World Cup.

You know,
in that game against Panama,

I remember thinking,
"It's gonna be Christian."

"If we're gonna qualify
in this tournament

"and things are gonna go
how we want,

this young kid's gotta play
way beyond his years."

...Pulisic.

Can he get away here?
It's Pulisic!

He's gonna score surely!
Is he?

Yes, he has!

Solo goal!

U.S.A. lead!

The Panama game goes about
as good as can be expected.

Christian's on the score sheet,

Everyone's happy,
everyone's celebrating.

Here is Pulisic!

And Altidore!

Two-nil!

The momentum is starting
to be back in our favor

and there's a lot
of optimism about

what to expect
in the next match.

Yeah,
Panama went well.

We walked out of there
with a 4-0 result.

But you still have to take
care of business in Trinidad

and, you know, uh,
that game goes how it goes.

In the end,
it came down to the last game.

But you know,
World Cup campaigns,

they are never a given.

There's never a place

that's just handed out to you
by divine right.

The U.S. National Team
was sweating ahead

of their crucial clash

with Trinidad and Tobago
tomorrow night.

Not about their
opposition as much

as the playing surface
at the Ato Boldon Stadium.

I remember us going

to do our normal
pre match training

and the field was just flooded.

Guys were taking
different methods

to get onto the field
that day, right?

And you could see that we were
lighthearted in a good way.

You know,
you can see in a way, though,

that the team was not prepared

for what was going to happen.

It's just a truly
remarkable moment

in Men's U.S. Soccer history.

Clint is at the very end
of his career

with the U.S. National Team.

He's hoping
for one last moment

on sport's grandest stage.

Christian is the youngest
player on the team

and the future hope
for U.S. soccer.

They gotta be able
to finish this off.

No, Stevie?

If they don't finish this off,

then this, uh, pff--

U.S. have absolutely
no excuse

not to go there
and get three points.

The United States on the verge

of what would be their
eighth straight World Cup

and only Trinidad and Tobago
in their way.

Yeah, of course,
the field and the water

was flooded the day before,

so we couldn't really train.

But to be honest, I had a good
feeling going into the game.

There was no scent
of fear on the horizon.

We had no idea
what was coming for us.

The U.S. knows all
they have to do is not lose.

Play for the draw.

But sometimes
that can be dangerous.

You're one game away,
one draw away,

you're one point away
from achieving a goal

that would make you
the youngest player

in U.S. Men's
National Team history

to suit up for your
national team in a World Cup.

I was pretty confident

and I feel like
the team was too,

but I just--
I truly feel like

everything that could go wrong
in that game went wrong.

Driven across
towards the penalty spot,

tips up
and it loops over Tim Howard

and Trinidad and Tobago
in front.

The U.S. goes into that game

knowing that even if they lose,

they could qualify, right?

There are other matches
in the region going on

and everybody's keeping
an eye on those.

But none of them
went the U.S.'s way.

And all of a sudden you have
this completely bizarre,

unthinkable thing happening

with all the other results
that lined up.

It just like--
It was ridiculous.

We were behind
the eight ball

and the guys fought real hard,

but you know, we gave up two
of the oddest goals,

an own goal
and a goal scored

from probably 35 yards out.

A long distance blast!

And it's Alvin Jones!

One for the legend books.

Oh, my.

It was--
It was really tough, you know,

the two goals that we let in.

And then it was 2-0 at half.

I mean, it was definitely
a shock to our system.

It was like, "Wow, this is--
this is real."

Now we gotta come in
and change something.

And I just kept telling myself,

"It's gonna happen,
it's gonna happen."

Clint Dempsey
making his 141st appearance

and looking for what would be
a record 58th goal

and, boy, could the U.S. use it.

I was out for a few games
with the heart issue that I had.

I had to get two ablations done

and I was put into
like a super sub role,

which I wasn't really
thrilled about it,

because I thought I should
have been on the field,

especially with what
I'd done in the past.

And I always look back on
that moment like, damn, bro.

Because for me
and some of the veterans,

it was kind of it.

Well, this game
is just screaming

for a hero
for the United States.

But at the same time,

Christian having that dream

of wanting to play
in the World Cup,

he was out there taking
the team on his back

and just trying
to make something happen.

Pulisic, across,

headed down, slapped away!

And you saw on this night
in the heat,

this poor kid
just started to get

more and more frantic.

Did everything
that he could do.

Scored a goal.

Falls for Pulisic!

And he lifts it up
and over Foncette.

Wonder Boy strikes again.

And we were fighting.

We gave everything
and got that goal.

And I was like, "All right,
this is-- this is it."

The U.S. needed something

to go their way and why
not Christian Pulisic?

This is the moment
that's gonna spark something

and we're gonna get
that next goal.

Blasted low.
Tapped off the post!

Dempsey, the shot--
Tapped away by Foncette!

We were scrambling and--

and we fought
and we fought

and gave everything
that we have.

Final seconds.

All eyes and ears on
Juan Carlos Guerra, the referee.

That was crazy.
That was definitely crazy,

but we just didn't
have enough.

It just wasn't enough
at the end.

The whistle, it's done!

It's over!

It is over.

And the United States eliminated

for the first time since 1986.

Unbelievable.

To think about
Christian in that moment,

his hands on his knees,
his shirt over his face.

He became almost
the-- the totem of that night.

At the end of the game,

just watching him on
the ground like,

what-- what a horrible--

horrible feeling.

Just feeling that pain
for your child.

I mean, you always feel
for your child

when they're hurt,
mentally, emotionally.

Just--
You can't fix that.

He gave his heart during
that cycle, and he was young,

but one of his biggest dreams

was to play in a World Cup

and to have every other result,
plus your result,

go the way that
no one thought it would go.

It was tough on Christian.

I would imagine,

that's pretty hard
to forget, huh?

Well, how could you forget it?

Because any stories
about U.S. soccer,

they keep posting the picture
of him crying on the field,

Which is--

Needs to go.

It's not just about tonight.

Every single one
of those players,

nightmares for the rest
of their lives,

because this is
an utter embarrassment.

I remember just being
heartbroken.

For-- for him, for myself.

I just felt like, you know,
you let millions

and millions
of people down, right?

It's a feeling
that's really indescribable

in terms of emotions,
in terms of everything.

We can't be Trinidad

on a field that's too wet
and too heavy?

What are we doing?

What are we doing?

I think when you look
at what happened in 2017,

and you consider where
Clint was in his career

and where Christian was
at the time,

there's a crossing over
of the generations

and two of the best players
to ever do it

in the American jersey,

and that moment
is really, ultimately,

a passing of the baton.

It was such a bad moment
for U.S. soccer,

one of the worst moments.

But, I mean,
I was 34 at the time,

and I remember talking
to Christian and being like,

"It's your team moving forward.

You're gonna have
to take it to another level."

You know, like,

"You're the man now, bro."

♪ Carry on, my wayward son ♪

♪ There'll be peace
when you are done ♪

♪ Lay your weary head to rest ♪

♪ Don't you cry no more ♪

♪ Once I rose above
the noise and confusion ♪

♪ Just to get a glimpse
beyond this illusion ♪

♪ I was soaring ever higher ♪

♪ But I flew too high ♪

♪ Though my eyes could see,
I still was a blind man ♪

♪ Though my mind could think,
I still was a madman ♪

♪ I hear the voices
when I'm dreaming ♪

♪ I can hear them say ♪

♪ Carry on, my wayward son ♪

♪ There'll be peace
when you are done ♪

♪ Lay your weary head to rest ♪

A ♪ Don't you cry no more ♪

♪ Carry on ♪

♪ You will always remember ♪

♪ Carry on ♪

♪ Nothing equals
the splendor ♪

♪ Now your life's
no longer empty ♪

♪ Surely Heaven waits for you ♪