Christian Pulisic

What I learned is that nothing is given easy to you. ”

CONCACAF games are tough. ”

It was definitely tough being the coach's son. ”

I learned a lot in the Bundesliga, just playing with these very physical players, playing quickly. ”

A lot of people have asked me what's it like being an American player in Europe. 'Do you have to earn more respect because you're American?' But I don't think it's like that at all. I think if you're good, you're good. They don't care where you're from or anything like that. ”

It's always tough when you see a good player leave. It's not easy. ”

The expectations some Americans put on me is too much, is what I would say. But I don't take it that way. I know no one means harm to me like that or wanting to put too much pressure on me. ”

Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing. ”

I love playing with the national team. I love being here as much as I can. ”

It's definitely one of my biggest passions - I played every day after school with all my friends from high school in Pennsylvania. They weren't really soccer players, so we would play basketball all the time. ”