Christian Pulisic is an American (henceforth called football) professional soccer player. He plays for Borussia Dortmund, a German football team. This is highly unusual. While it's not uncommon for European football teams to have players from all over the world, it is uncommon for an American football player to be among them. When it comes to men's football, America has a pretty bad track history. This is to say nothing of the levels of excellence that the women's soccer team has delivered again and again. But our male players often can't compete with the likes of European and South American clubs.
Christian Pulisic is changing this. At the age of 17, he became the youngest foreigner to score a goal in the German football league Bundesliga (in which Borussia Dortmund contends). He also holds the record for the youngest player in the modern era of football to score a goal for the United States and for the Youngest American player to score a goal in World Cup Qualifying History...
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