Pulisic subbed off early in U.S. win over Australia

Christian Pulisic was subbed out of the United States‘ 2-1 friendly win over Australia before the 30-minute mark at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, Tuesday.

The U.S. star was fouled from behind by Jason Geria in the 28th minute before needing treatment on the field and then being taken out of the game. Geria was shown a yellow card for the foul.

After handing the captain’s armband to teammate Chris Richards, Pulisic was seen walking toward the dressing room with U.S. staff. He was replaced by Real Salt Lake forward Diego Luna.

Australia was leading the match 1-0 when Pulisic left the game, but the U.S. levelled the score shortly after with a goal from Haji Wright that made it 1-1 going into the break.

Wright scored a lovely second goal after halftime, again with an assist from Cristian Roldan, to hand the U.S. a first come-from-behind win under Mauricio Pochettino.

Pulisic’s availability for the game was in question after he injured his ankle while training with the USMNT ahead of its game against Ecuador on Friday.

It’s unclear what the nature of Pulisic’s injury was, but he was reaching for his right leg when U.S. trainers were tending to him on the field.

The AC Milan attacker came on as a substitute in the 1-1 draw with Ecuador and was named in Pochettino’s starting lineup for the friendly with Australia.