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You're watching "Pulisic"
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Pulisic!
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- Ready?
- Yeah.
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Chat, take one.
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Pulisic interview.
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Okay, we good?
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How you feeling?
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Yeah, I'm feeling good.
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Feeling good.
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When I was super young,
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In my head, I was like,
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"You get paid to play soccer?"
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What? Like, "Why doesn't
everyone do that?"
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♪ Happy birthday ♪
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But once you get
into it more, you realize
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everything that it entails
and...
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Make a wish.
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What it takes
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and what you have
to go through on a daily basis,
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which is extremely difficult.
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That Lazio game last season,
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that whole thing was, uh,
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how that game went down
was such a whirlwind to me.
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How about the atmosphere here,
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both from the traveling
Milan supporters,
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but especially
from the Lazio crowd?
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I'll be honest,
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I think I built myself up
really strong mentally
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in my first years in Germany
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and my first years
in England, that,
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you know, you gotta have
a strong head
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when you go through
moments like that.
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Now, Castellanos,
who got to it first there,
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but fizz into for Pellegrini--
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It's a mistake there
at the back,
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and the appeals are
for a potential penalty here.
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It was kind
of a slow first half,
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but, like, tempers were
already kind of flaring.
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It's been a lot of this.
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It's just havoc, isn't it?
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Now that's a foul.
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Pulisic gets
absolutely taken out.
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Clear foul here
by Pellegrini.
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And an obvious
yellow card you play on.
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The guy's, like,
going slowly towards the ball,
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like, kind of shielding it
and, like, looking around.
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He was saying--
he was, like, stopping.
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Apparently his mouth hit a guy
or something by accident.
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But I'm just playing
until the whistle,
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like you're taught to,
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I go around him, win the ball,
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and then he just
pulls me down, takes me out.
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Well, Pellegrini,
he is indeed on a booking,
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and he's gonna go here.
- And he's gone!
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Castellanos went down
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after the challenge came in.
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Pellegrini said,
"Hang on a second,
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I'm gonna stop playing to allow
for the treatment to come."
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And instead,
he's been sent off.
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I don't even know
how it happened.
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Like, everyone
just started running over,
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trying to fight me.
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They attacked him
like a group,
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and he was pretty shocked.
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I'm just playing
until the whistle.
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Like, I wasn't even thinking,
like,
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oh, is-- is this like
a bad sport--
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Like, I didn't even, like--
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Didn't even, like, hurt him.
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Everybody then
went on him and told him,
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"Oh, you're a cheater,"
or whatever, you know?
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And I straight away
tried to defend him.
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I mean,
this is complete chaos.
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The game goes on,
we finally score.
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Okafor!
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Save from Provedel!
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On the follow, Giroud--
the block is in--
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- And Okafor!
- Oh!
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With a block too
from Provedel,
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but it's gone in!
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At the end of the game,
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I take a smart tactical foul,
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The guy lashes out at me,
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throws his arms
and he gets another red card.
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So I draw two red cards.
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Lazio players have completely
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lost their heads right now.
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What is he doing?
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Everyone in Rome wants
to kill me after the game.
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Everyone starts running over
to me, trying to fight me,
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like I'm some horrible guy
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and I'm the reason they lost.
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Oh, there's
a brawl that's started.
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I turned
into public enemy number one
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out of nothing.
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In American abroad news,
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Christian Pulisic
played a key role
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in AC Milan's
1-0 victory over Lazio
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but things got heated.
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Pulisic was the subject of
death threats after the match.
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After the game,
with just the amount things
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out there online
and the death threats
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and people just telling me
what a horrible sport I am,
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and even, you know, the guy
that happened to
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saying how unsportsmanlike
behavior won today,
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I just-- I couldn't--
I couldn't believe it.
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I remember after the game
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he felt bad
for what had happened.
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And I said,
"No, get used to this,
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because this is it."
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This lifestyle is...
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solitary.
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And in a way,
I think that the distance apart,
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you know,
forces you to be stronger.
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- Hey.
- Hey, Mom.
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But you-- you need those
people you can lean on.
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Oh, you know, just hanging.
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Where's dad?
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What's up?
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I think a good support system
is everything.
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I mean, my family is--
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I mean, we're always there
for each other.
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We like to stay really close.
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And there's no one in this world
who cares about me
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more than my family does.
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And I feel the same
towards them.
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So they're-- they're
everything to me.
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Uh, yeah, I was just
thinking about that.
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I don't know.
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I think--
I think I'll be alright.
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No, I think there's enough--
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As a parent,
when you feel your children
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are in danger
or something happens
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just out of your control
completely.
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Is he wagging his tail?
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It's-- it's difficult.
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Hi, buddy.
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You're gonna
go into protection mode
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when you want
to protect him, but...
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But you can't, you know?
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I just remember
when he was in Dortmund
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and he was turning 18,
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he would tell me, "Dad, I think
it's okay if you go home."
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And then at one point
he said,
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"Hey, dad, pshh, scram."
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"I'm ready."
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You know,
he was at an age now where
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he's got to be a big boy
and he's got to be able
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to handle a lot of things
on his own,
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but knowing that,
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obviously he can still talk to
the people who care about him.
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In the spring of 2017,
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myself and Christian's mom
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were in the Signal Iduna Park,
the Dortmund Stadium,
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preparing to watch
Monaco vs Dortmund
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in the Champions League.
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It's really busy,
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and there's
a lot of people around.
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And I get a call.
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"Mom, Mom,
I'm okay, I'm okay."
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I was like,
"Christian, what's going on?"
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"Mom, I'm okay."
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There was an explosion,
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like, click.
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Some breaking news coming to us
out of Dortmund.
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An explosion has gone off
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near the Borussia Dortmund
football team bus.
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He's like, "Mom, I can't talk.
We have to move."
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I remember wanting to
reach out to them immediately
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because I knew the news
was going to come out.
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I wanted to get that
out right away
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because that's obviously
terrifying.
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I'm shaking.
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I get my phone.
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I dial Matthew.
Matthew picks up.
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I'm, "Matthew, Matthew, Matthew.
We don't know what's going on."
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And he was like a floor
below me coming up.
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He said when he saw me,
I was white as a ghost.
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We were confused
because it's just not something
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that you think about
that there could be a bombing
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in Dortmund
involving a soccer team.
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At that point,
no one knew.
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Just everyone's,
you know, cheering,
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you know, having their
drinks before the game.
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We just waited and knew
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that this announcement
was going to come.
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Authorities
are investigating
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three explosions near the bus
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transporting a top soccer
team in Dortmund, Germany.
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Police are treating the incident
as a targeted attack.
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A bomb going off
just moments after
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you leave the team hotel.
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This is one aspect of the game
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that you actually
never dream of.
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It must be every-- every
athlete's worst nightmare.
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It took us a really
long time to get home,
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and I really felt bad
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because Christian got home
to his apartment,
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and he was there alone
until we got there.
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And I just, like,
I just wanted to hug him.
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When we got
to his apartment,
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it was strange because normally
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he only locks
one of the two doors,
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and this time both were locked.
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He just didn't
look like himself.
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He just was too scared.
I mean, I was scared.
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You know, he just told me the
story of what happened
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and how lucky they were
that no one was killed.
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It's actually
a crazy moment in my life.
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The only time I've ever
felt that where
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everything actually went into
slow motion for me in a way.
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The first bang was like
a car hit us in some way,
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but then it was
way more than that.
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And we thought, okay,
is someone shooting at us?
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It was like, I remember
my teammate Roman Buürki
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was sitting next to me
and he just grabbed me.
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And, like, we both, like,
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tucked under the table
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because we had turned
to the right and just saw
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kind of like holes
in the window.
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And we were just there scared.
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And then we heard a scream
from Marc Bartra,
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who was sitting in the back
right across from me.
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We heard him scream,
and then we see his arm
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and it's bleeding everywhere.
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So it's actually kind
of incredible
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that they made us play
the very next day.
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Before I let you go,
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I just recited a statement
from the Dortmund CEO
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saying the match
would be played tomorrow.
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I wonder why there is such
a rush to play this match.
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Having to, you know,
go and play the next day.
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I feel like, who wants
to get on that bus again?
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It was
the most difficult thing,
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to go in the pitch and play.
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After yesterday,
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we are happy that we are alive.
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Going on the team bus
is something you do
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every single week.
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So every single week
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you're getting reminded
of what happened.
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Christian was just a little
bit more on edge.
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You know, he just kind of was
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a little bit different
for a while.
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And seeing those pictures
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in his head
over and over again
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didn't go away for a while.
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Even, you know,
in the weeks after
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when I was going
to his house and, you know,
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things would fall over, whether
it was like a pool stick or,
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you know, a book onto the floor,
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whatever it might be,
he would still jump.
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Every time there
was a loud bang.
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It was difficult.
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A couple months
after that,
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no one wanted to sit
in the window seat,
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that's for sure,
because it's like,
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I shouldn't have
to think about this,
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but all of a sudden,
now you are.
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And it was definitely
a scary time.
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What he's going
through and everything
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that is happening to him
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in the US will never happen.
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But I told him,
"Get used to it.
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This, for us, is normal."
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If there's one thing
that you can guarantee
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in European football,
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it's that football's most
intense fans,
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the ultras, never forget.
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So whether you're
playing for Borussia Dortmund,
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Chelsea or Milan,
virtually every away game
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is in hostile territory.
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And then when you're
the visiting player
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that every ultra is looking
forward to seeing you again,
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that is just next level
intensity.
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Every time Pulisic
touches the ball
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all you hear
are whistles from the crowd.
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They've definitely
not forgotten.
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The only thing the
opponents care about is winning.
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And we care about
also winning, so...
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Imagine they feel like that
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and they attack Pulisic
in different ways.
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And have their
first corner of the match
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coming in from Pulisic.
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Curled in by Pulisic...
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And it's an early goal!
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Pavlovic wheels away
in celebration.
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Could be a huge goal for Milan.
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But that's
how important the game is,
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not only for Milan
and Milan fans,
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for every club in Europe.
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I'm sure that most
professional footballers,
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even Americans
like Christian Pulisic,
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they know what to expect
between the white lines
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once they come to Europe.
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I mean, it's a sport that
they've played
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their entire lives,
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even if now they're playing it
on another level.
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But what I do find that many
footballers struggle with
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is the adjustments
that have to be made
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away from the pitch.
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It's the real life stuff.
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It's the travel,
the isolation at times,
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even the relocation.
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It just can all be a lot
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and definitely difficult
to manage,
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unless you're somebody
like Christian,
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who had the benefit
of growing up in a home
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where this sport
and its lifestyles
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defined them as a family.
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George Mason
University Soccer.
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Kelley and I met at
George Mason University.
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I was a senior.
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Kelley was coming in
as a freshman,
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and we played for the men's
and women's team there.
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Met her through the game,
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and once I saw her, that was it.
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Let me tell you,
Mark Pulisic
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had the mullet
of all mullets.
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I have the proof,
I got the pictures.
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And when people laugh about it,
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I pull out his little
playing card,
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because, you know,
people talk about the mullets,
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but I love the mullet,
so I think it's great.
328
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Now, growing up,
I played soccer pretty
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much since I was five or six.
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And actually Mia Hamm
played on my club team
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on the Shooting Stars,
and also played
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the last two years
of high school with her.
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So that was pretty fun.
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And then in college,
she went to UNC,
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and so, I mean, I played
against her,
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played against Michelle Akers,
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you know, all those girls.
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So it was fun.
339
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And I always liked
the competition
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when you played
against these big names.
341
00:13:51,344 --> 00:13:53,655
Christian will
tell you she was better.
342
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I have no issues with that.
343
00:13:55,551 --> 00:13:56,620
Ah!
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I know it's not true,
345
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but if they want
to talk like that
346
00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:01,310
and they wanna say,
347
00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:02,793
"Hey, she was better"
or whatever,
348
00:14:02,862 --> 00:14:04,310
that's fine.
349
00:14:04,379 --> 00:14:06,931
All I know is Christian
was fortunate
350
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to kind of get those genes
351
00:14:08,551 --> 00:14:10,965
and that mentality
to want to be the best.
352
00:14:11,034 --> 00:14:13,517
So he got that from
both of us, we'll say.
353
00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,965
Pulisic will track it off the board.
354
00:14:15,034 --> 00:14:16,793
Spilo out of play--
The backboard's in front,
355
00:14:16,862 --> 00:14:18,724
cleared off by Dunbar
and he scores!
356
00:14:18,793 --> 00:14:21,206
Pulisic and a volley rebound.
357
00:14:21,275 --> 00:14:23,758
That's a huge goal
for the Heat.
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00:14:23,827 --> 00:14:25,551
After I finished
school at Georgia Mason,
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I had a teaching degree.
360
00:14:27,068 --> 00:14:29,068
I followed Mark
up to Pennsylvania.
361
00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:31,379
He, at the time, was playing
for the Harrisburg Heat.
362
00:14:31,448 --> 00:14:34,103
Mark Pulisic,
the most prolific scorer
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00:14:34,172 --> 00:14:35,896
in Heat history.
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00:14:35,965 --> 00:14:37,689
You know, we just did
what we could to survive
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those, you know, first years
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because I had
my older son Chase,
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00:14:41,482 --> 00:14:43,517
and so I'm trying to teach
during the day
368
00:14:43,586 --> 00:14:46,379
and figure out how to
survive while he was playing.
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And then when we decided
we were getting married,
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we bought a house in Hershey,
371
00:14:50,551 --> 00:14:52,620
and Devyn came along first,
372
00:14:52,689 --> 00:14:54,931
and then Christian
came along right after.
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I think it's impossible
to pick one country
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or culture that has shaped me.
375
00:15:03,896 --> 00:15:06,551
Whoo!
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00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:09,517
But playing every single sport
growing up in the States
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kind of made me who I am today.
378
00:15:12,448 --> 00:15:14,068
- Hi.
- Hello.
379
00:15:14,137 --> 00:15:15,482
Wow, nice picture.
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00:15:15,551 --> 00:15:17,965
So Hershey, Pennsylvania,
will always be home for me.
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I spent some really important
years of my life there,
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00:15:20,758 --> 00:15:21,965
and I met some
of my closest friends.
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00:15:22,034 --> 00:15:25,275
So I'd say that will
always be home, for sure.
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00:15:25,344 --> 00:15:26,827
Are you
Christian Pulisic's mom?
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00:15:26,896 --> 00:15:28,482
I am.
Can you believe that?
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That's my baby.
387
00:15:29,758 --> 00:15:31,448
A lot of foreign players,
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00:15:31,517 --> 00:15:32,862
they say,
"Oh, Christian's American."
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00:15:32,931 --> 00:15:34,896
They think that, you know,
390
00:15:34,965 --> 00:15:37,586
he's into, like,
the Hollywood life,
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00:15:37,655 --> 00:15:39,172
TMZ, you know,
392
00:15:39,241 --> 00:15:41,241
they think all these things
that Europeans see,
393
00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:42,482
like, of America.
394
00:15:42,551 --> 00:15:44,000
First of all,
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00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:46,103
I just want to say thank you
guys for coming out.
396
00:15:46,172 --> 00:15:48,310
It's amazing to be here
in my hometown.
397
00:15:48,379 --> 00:15:50,103
Yeah, thank you.
398
00:15:50,172 --> 00:15:52,758
But there's, like, five
different countries in America.
399
00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:56,000
You know, you have kids from
the northeast, New York, Boston.
400
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They have a certain
outlook on things.
401
00:15:57,689 --> 00:15:59,517
You have kids
from Southern California,
402
00:15:59,586 --> 00:16:01,379
and then you have Christian.
403
00:16:04,758 --> 00:16:06,034
- Let's go!
- Yeah.
404
00:16:11,172 --> 00:16:12,275
It was 2005,
405
00:16:12,344 --> 00:16:13,931
and Mark had been coaching
for a few years,
406
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,172
and he kind of wanted to change,
407
00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:17,206
and he's like, "Hey, Kelley,
408
00:16:17,275 --> 00:16:19,000
I think--
let's do something crazy."
409
00:16:19,068 --> 00:16:21,448
So I applied
for this Fulbright scholarship,
410
00:16:21,517 --> 00:16:22,689
and I really had no idea
411
00:16:22,758 --> 00:16:23,965
that it was, like,
a really big deal.
412
00:16:24,034 --> 00:16:26,137
And I was like,
"Ah, just try it. Why not?"
413
00:16:26,206 --> 00:16:28,931
And sure enough, I got it.
414
00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,793
I remember I got
the letter in the mail,
415
00:16:30,862 --> 00:16:33,689
and I was like, "I guess
we're going to England."
416
00:16:33,758 --> 00:16:35,793
And we just kind of said,
"Family meeting."
417
00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:38,620
That's actually funny.
418
00:16:38,689 --> 00:16:40,724
It's something I haven't
thought about in a long time.
419
00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:42,068
Family meetings were--
420
00:16:42,137 --> 00:16:44,103
were iconic
in the Pulisic household.
421
00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:47,275
The kids are always like,
"Ugh, what is it this time?"
422
00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:50,137
So we said, "Oh, guys,
we're gonna move to England."
423
00:16:50,206 --> 00:16:52,137
And they were like, "What?"
424
00:16:53,275 --> 00:16:55,172
I didn't really
understand this as a kid.
425
00:16:55,241 --> 00:16:57,310
Why are we going to England?
426
00:16:57,379 --> 00:17:00,103
I'd done kindergarten
in Pennsylvania.
427
00:17:00,172 --> 00:17:01,965
And then I actually
went straight into
428
00:17:02,034 --> 00:17:05,103
what they call
year two because of my age.
429
00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:06,827
So going straight from, like,
430
00:17:06,896 --> 00:17:08,655
learning to tie your shoe
to, like,
431
00:17:08,724 --> 00:17:10,965
actual math, that was tough.
432
00:17:12,413 --> 00:17:14,413
When we were over
in England as kids.
433
00:17:14,482 --> 00:17:17,655
I mean, yeah,
it was for sure difficult
434
00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:20,448
moving and, you know,
435
00:17:20,517 --> 00:17:21,965
finding a new group of friends.
436
00:17:22,034 --> 00:17:24,275
But I think
it's absolutely amazing
437
00:17:24,344 --> 00:17:25,896
how well he's always adapted.
438
00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:28,758
I think Christian really,
like, loved the experience.
439
00:17:28,827 --> 00:17:30,758
All the kids play football,
440
00:17:30,827 --> 00:17:31,827
not American football.
441
00:17:31,896 --> 00:17:33,689
They played soccer.
442
00:17:33,758 --> 00:17:36,206
They play before school,
they play after school.
443
00:17:36,275 --> 00:17:38,620
And he just loved it because
when we were back in Hershey,
444
00:17:38,689 --> 00:17:39,965
none of the kids wanted
to come play soccer
445
00:17:40,034 --> 00:17:41,000
in the neighborhood.
446
00:17:42,068 --> 00:17:44,344
I mean,
I never saw it as
447
00:17:44,413 --> 00:17:46,586
me being American
or them English.
448
00:17:46,655 --> 00:17:48,448
I don't know. Everyone was just
out there having a good time.
449
00:17:48,517 --> 00:17:49,827
And I took it so much more
seriously
450
00:17:49,896 --> 00:17:51,068
than kids back home
451
00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:53,793
even when I was six,
seven-years old or so
452
00:17:53,862 --> 00:17:55,172
that somehow
I fit right in.
453
00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:56,586
He just was so thrilled,
454
00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:58,862
and it was just a really
great year for him
455
00:17:58,931 --> 00:18:00,241
where he could just
really do his thing.
456
00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:01,689
But then the year was up,
457
00:18:01,758 --> 00:18:03,206
and Mark got a call from
the Detroit Ignition,
458
00:18:03,275 --> 00:18:05,724
and they wanted him
to come coach in Detroit.
459
00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:07,517
So we were like, you know,
we promised the kids
460
00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,689
we're gonna go back
to Hershey's just one year.
461
00:18:09,758 --> 00:18:11,000
They were excited.
462
00:18:11,068 --> 00:18:12,517
And here we go again.
463
00:18:12,586 --> 00:18:13,965
Family meeting.
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00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,000
From Compuware Sports Arena
465
00:18:16,068 --> 00:18:17,379
in Plymouth, Michigan,
466
00:18:17,448 --> 00:18:18,827
good day, and welcome
to the Detroit Ignition
467
00:18:18,896 --> 00:18:21,137
as they battle
the Chicago Storm.
468
00:18:21,206 --> 00:18:22,793
You know,
I didn't really understand
469
00:18:22,862 --> 00:18:25,448
why we were moving
across the world again,
470
00:18:25,517 --> 00:18:27,931
or why not back to Pennsylvania?
Why are we going here?
471
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,172
But, yeah, my dad had
another great opportunity.
472
00:18:30,241 --> 00:18:31,586
And there's Mark Pulisic
473
00:18:31,655 --> 00:18:33,379
in his first season
as a head coach.
474
00:18:33,448 --> 00:18:34,862
Of course, he played
for the Harrisburg Heat
475
00:18:34,931 --> 00:18:35,931
back in the '90s,
here's his starting...
476
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,655
We ended up
going to Detroit,
477
00:18:37,724 --> 00:18:40,379
and we stayed
for three years in Detroit,
478
00:18:40,448 --> 00:18:42,068
and kids adapted great,
479
00:18:42,137 --> 00:18:43,689
met new friends,
480
00:18:43,758 --> 00:18:45,931
got new soccer teams
right away
481
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,724
and it was a good experience.
482
00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:50,482
We had a great time
in Detroit.
483
00:18:50,551 --> 00:18:53,241
It was much more comfortable
for us as far as,
484
00:18:53,310 --> 00:18:55,586
you know, actually having
other American kids around
485
00:18:55,655 --> 00:18:56,862
and going to school there.
486
00:18:56,931 --> 00:18:58,620
So it was definitely
a smoother transition
487
00:18:58,689 --> 00:19:00,103
moving there, I would say.
488
00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:03,137
Mark's team would
love to play with Christian,
489
00:19:03,206 --> 00:19:05,482
and they would show him
these really cool moves.
490
00:19:05,551 --> 00:19:07,137
They would show him
something new,
491
00:19:07,206 --> 00:19:08,172
and they're like,
"Okay, Christian,
492
00:19:08,241 --> 00:19:09,758
here's something
I want you to do."
493
00:19:09,827 --> 00:19:11,448
And sure enough, he'd come back
the next weekend,
494
00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:13,482
and he's like,
"I got it. I got it."
495
00:19:13,551 --> 00:19:16,551
Those were really
important memories for me.
496
00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:19,965
When you see the pros
and you watch them on game day,
497
00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:21,758
and then you get to kind of kick
the ball around with them.
498
00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,413
It gives you that extra push
499
00:19:23,482 --> 00:19:25,000
and, you know, wanting to be
in their shoes.
500
00:19:25,068 --> 00:19:28,103
So I looked up to those guys, absolutely.
501
00:19:28,172 --> 00:19:30,551
After three years in Detroit,
502
00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,551
the kids really were
settled in with new friends,
503
00:19:32,620 --> 00:19:34,068
new soccer teams.
504
00:19:34,137 --> 00:19:35,758
And then I had to tell
them again.
505
00:19:35,827 --> 00:19:36,931
Family meeting.
506
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,275
"We need to go back to--
back to Hershey,"
507
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:42,103
and we went back
and started again.
508
00:19:43,689 --> 00:19:46,172
I think every single
experience that I've had,
509
00:19:46,241 --> 00:19:49,275
there's little things that just
kind of add to who you are,
510
00:19:49,344 --> 00:19:51,137
and then you kind
of become your own person.
511
00:19:51,206 --> 00:19:53,275
And that's what
I like to think is--
512
00:19:53,344 --> 00:19:55,724
I'm really grateful for every
single move that we had
513
00:19:55,793 --> 00:19:57,379
and all the things
that I experienced
514
00:19:57,448 --> 00:19:59,241
in the different
places because
515
00:19:59,310 --> 00:20:02,206
it really built me
to be who I am today.
516
00:20:13,758 --> 00:20:15,275
I always find it interesting
517
00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:16,931
that players like
Christian Pulisic,
518
00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,206
who- who don't enjoy
the limelight,
519
00:20:18,275 --> 00:20:19,931
who aren't at every
red carpet event,
520
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000
who don't hit
every club in town...
521
00:20:22,068 --> 00:20:24,344
I'll give you your handicap,
would be--
522
00:20:24,413 --> 00:20:25,620
I don't know, wish I played,
523
00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:27,000
like, without a knight
or something?
524
00:20:27,068 --> 00:20:29,137
- It's a little embarrassing.
- Yeah.
525
00:20:29,206 --> 00:20:32,068
They're sometimes criticized
for being "boring."
526
00:20:32,137 --> 00:20:34,137
It's not true
what they say about you.
527
00:20:34,206 --> 00:20:35,724
You're a good guy.
528
00:20:35,793 --> 00:20:39,103
I mean, I actually find it
refreshing to see that.
529
00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:41,448
And personally,
I can definitely relate.
530
00:20:41,517 --> 00:20:42,655
Go, go, go...
531
00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:47,103
You know,
with all the intensity
532
00:20:47,172 --> 00:20:48,517
that comes with
this game of football.
533
00:20:48,586 --> 00:20:49,758
I get it.
534
00:20:49,827 --> 00:20:52,275
I totally understand
why downtime at home
535
00:20:52,344 --> 00:20:54,655
can be so important
to some players.
536
00:20:54,724 --> 00:20:56,758
It is what time?
537
00:20:56,827 --> 00:20:59,379
What time is it?
538
00:20:59,448 --> 00:21:00,931
Bible time.
539
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,068
For sure,
it's difficult,
540
00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:03,896
and especially
with this personality.
541
00:21:03,965 --> 00:21:05,517
It's a bowl of Vitalis.
542
00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:07,310
- It's my treat of the night.
- Vitalis?
543
00:21:08,448 --> 00:21:10,758
And Italy's a very
warm country,
544
00:21:10,827 --> 00:21:12,241
so, you know,
the personality is very touchy.
545
00:21:14,827 --> 00:21:16,965
You kind of
get this magnifying glass,
546
00:21:17,034 --> 00:21:18,827
I guess you say on you.
547
00:21:20,793 --> 00:21:21,931
I can picture in my head
548
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,655
if someone's just
trying to touch him.
549
00:21:23,724 --> 00:21:25,000
Like, "Hey."
550
00:21:27,931 --> 00:21:29,896
He's like,
"Oh, like, come on."
551
00:21:35,413 --> 00:21:38,482
I just think it's difficult
for fans to understand...
552
00:21:41,689 --> 00:21:43,965
...the mental toll,
the stress on the body,
553
00:21:45,448 --> 00:21:47,034
What you eat, how you sleep,
554
00:21:47,103 --> 00:21:48,896
how you spend your day off,
555
00:21:48,965 --> 00:21:52,206
and everything being recorded
and pictures taken.
556
00:21:52,275 --> 00:21:53,482
Oh, you're gonna leave me?
557
00:21:53,551 --> 00:21:55,034
It's bedtime, man.
558
00:21:55,103 --> 00:21:57,689
Um, he's-- he's a lot more
cautious,
559
00:21:57,758 --> 00:22:00,172
just like everyone else
has to kind of be.
560
00:22:00,241 --> 00:22:02,000
And sometimes you just want
to feel normal.
561
00:22:04,655 --> 00:22:06,137
All right,
let's finish this game.
562
00:22:06,206 --> 00:22:07,551
Get over here.
563
00:22:10,206 --> 00:22:11,448
♪ EÉ que eu queria muito ela ♪
564
00:22:11,517 --> 00:22:12,896
♪ Ela naão me dava atençaão ♪
565
00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,034
♪ Fiz de tudo por ela ♪
566
00:22:14,103 --> 00:22:16,172
Listen,
you guys are in Milan.
567
00:22:16,241 --> 00:22:18,724
You can't tell me you're not
enjoying yourselves at night.
568
00:22:18,793 --> 00:22:20,827
Yeah, um...
569
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,448
We can go--
We've had our--
570
00:22:23,517 --> 00:22:25,448
We've had our--
our fair share of,
571
00:22:25,517 --> 00:22:26,758
you know, we were--
572
00:22:26,827 --> 00:22:28,000
We've been young,
573
00:22:31,793 --> 00:22:33,172
Fudge!
574
00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:37,103
♪ Eu parado no bailaão ♪
575
00:22:37,172 --> 00:22:39,034
But he's not a club guy.
576
00:22:39,103 --> 00:22:40,172
♪ No bailaão, ela com o popozaão ♪
577
00:22:40,241 --> 00:22:41,482
♪ E o popozaão no chaão ♪
578
00:22:41,551 --> 00:22:43,655
He definitely doesn't like
to go out drinking.
579
00:22:46,551 --> 00:22:49,586
So I think a good night out
now, it's like--
580
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,379
A hero in action!
581
00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:57,310
A restaurant for dinner.
582
00:22:57,379 --> 00:22:59,965
It's having a close group
of friends there...
583
00:23:00,034 --> 00:23:03,034
♪ E o popozaão no chaão ♪
584
00:23:03,103 --> 00:23:04,241
Maybe some wine.
585
00:23:06,862 --> 00:23:08,793
There were
a lot of days of coming home,
586
00:23:08,862 --> 00:23:11,482
whether good or bad, training
sessions to just silence.
587
00:23:11,551 --> 00:23:14,137
And I was so used to it,
588
00:23:14,206 --> 00:23:16,241
I guess,
that I was okay with it.
589
00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:18,379
But at times,
it kind of drove me crazy.
590
00:23:18,448 --> 00:23:21,137
But I think if
you have the right person
591
00:23:21,206 --> 00:23:23,586
who is there to support you
and encourage you,
592
00:23:23,655 --> 00:23:26,172
I think it can just
help you be that much better.
593
00:23:27,310 --> 00:23:29,862
So am I hearing something
about a girlfriend?
594
00:23:29,931 --> 00:23:31,310
A relationship?
595
00:23:31,379 --> 00:23:33,275
So, yeah, new relationship.
596
00:23:33,344 --> 00:23:34,827
This is kind of a first.
597
00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:36,620
This is kind of like
the big-- the big joke.
598
00:23:36,689 --> 00:23:38,068
Like, we need to find
Christian a girlfriend.
599
00:23:38,137 --> 00:23:40,034
I guess you could say, yeah,
600
00:23:40,103 --> 00:23:41,448
it was a bit of an inside joke.
601
00:23:41,517 --> 00:23:43,586
You know, they constantly
make fun of me
602
00:23:43,655 --> 00:23:45,827
and "What's going on, man?"
603
00:23:45,896 --> 00:23:48,413
"You even like girls?"
came up.
604
00:23:48,482 --> 00:23:49,931
It was kind of the running joke.
605
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,275
I don't know what it was.
606
00:23:51,344 --> 00:23:56,000
I think I was so focused
on what I was doing.
607
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:58,655
I don't want to use that
as an excuse, um,
608
00:23:58,724 --> 00:24:00,896
but the timing definitely
had to be right for me.
609
00:24:00,965 --> 00:24:02,931
I had to feel like
it was the one
610
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,379
and the right timing
of everything.
611
00:24:05,482 --> 00:24:09,448
The first time Alexa
came on my radar,
612
00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:11,620
Christian was watching
her YouTube videos, I think.
613
00:24:11,689 --> 00:24:14,344
Get ready with me
while I talk about myself.
614
00:24:14,413 --> 00:24:16,689
515, par 5.
Let's play.
615
00:24:16,758 --> 00:24:18,103
I mean, from the videos,
616
00:24:18,172 --> 00:24:19,344
I just thought she was,
617
00:24:19,413 --> 00:24:21,827
you know, really kind
and sweet and funny
618
00:24:21,896 --> 00:24:23,724
and really pretty.
619
00:24:23,793 --> 00:24:24,862
Christian's not gonna be happy
620
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:26,689
that I'm giving
the honest review
621
00:24:26,758 --> 00:24:28,896
of how we met, but he DM'd me.
622
00:24:28,965 --> 00:24:31,827
He said, short and sweet,
just like him,
623
00:24:31,896 --> 00:24:35,448
He said "Hi" and I said, "Hey."
624
00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:38,379
I'm sure she gave you
the real story
625
00:24:38,448 --> 00:24:40,689
and not the made up stories,
626
00:24:40,758 --> 00:24:45,413
but it really just came with me
messaging her on social media.
627
00:24:45,482 --> 00:24:46,931
That's-- that's what
it came down to.
628
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,344
I slid in the DMs
as they call it.
629
00:24:49,413 --> 00:24:50,862
I got the DM and I was like,
630
00:24:50,931 --> 00:24:52,896
"Who is this dude
with eight million followers
631
00:24:52,965 --> 00:24:54,827
and why is he DMing me?"
632
00:24:54,896 --> 00:24:57,827
And then, I mean, I scrolled
through his whole Instagram.
633
00:24:57,896 --> 00:25:01,068
I was like, "Oh, he's
a big time soccer player."
634
00:25:01,137 --> 00:25:04,551
How does it feel to date
a really good golfer?
635
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,482
I don't know, you tell me.
636
00:25:06,551 --> 00:25:08,413
So who's the better golfer?
637
00:25:08,482 --> 00:25:10,793
Oh, Alexa's better.
638
00:25:10,862 --> 00:25:12,000
I'm sorry, Christian,
639
00:25:12,068 --> 00:25:14,655
but you're not
gonna win that battle.
640
00:25:14,724 --> 00:25:16,310
All right, we're here
with Alexa Melton,
641
00:25:16,379 --> 00:25:20,172
the 2018 SCGA Women's Amateur
champion.
642
00:25:20,241 --> 00:25:22,172
So I started golf
when I was 12,
643
00:25:22,241 --> 00:25:25,034
but my dream was never to become
like a pro golfer.
644
00:25:25,103 --> 00:25:28,241
Like, I just wanted it to, like,
get a, get into college
645
00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:30,034
and so I was able to do that.
646
00:25:30,103 --> 00:25:31,862
And I graduated from USC
647
00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:34,482
and right after that I went pro.
648
00:25:36,379 --> 00:25:38,448
He was telling me
about things, things going well.
649
00:25:38,517 --> 00:25:41,758
You know, "I'm starting
to really like this girl."
650
00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,551
And then he planned,
651
00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:48,068
you know, a time
for her to visit.
652
00:25:49,655 --> 00:25:51,034
Welcome!
653
00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:54,172
Girlfriend reveal.
654
00:25:55,586 --> 00:25:56,965
All right.
655
00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:58,896
Yeah, she's a really
special girl.
656
00:25:58,965 --> 00:26:00,655
I guess I just never
gotten a point
657
00:26:00,724 --> 00:26:02,965
where I was ready for it.
658
00:26:03,034 --> 00:26:05,206
And I think that's something
659
00:26:05,275 --> 00:26:06,931
that I've really changed
my mentality in.
660
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,862
And also my faith
in a lot of ways
661
00:26:08,931 --> 00:26:11,551
has kind of led me
to her as well,
662
00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:12,344
which has been cool to see.
663
00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:15,793
- Well, now it's us.
- Let's see this thing.
664
00:26:15,862 --> 00:26:18,172
I think she's a really good
match for him, honestly,
665
00:26:18,241 --> 00:26:20,931
because she has a little bit
more of a goofy side to her.
666
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,965
I'm gonna get you,
I'm gonna get you...
667
00:26:26,034 --> 00:26:27,586
Rather take a sad L.
668
00:26:28,965 --> 00:26:29,862
Okay, so...
669
00:26:29,931 --> 00:26:30,793
Who? We are or they are?
670
00:26:30,862 --> 00:26:31,793
They are.
671
00:26:32,896 --> 00:26:34,344
I played around with her.
Yeah.
672
00:26:34,413 --> 00:26:35,655
I was embarrassed.
673
00:26:37,241 --> 00:26:38,103
She killed me.
674
00:26:38,172 --> 00:26:39,517
I mean, it wasn't even close.
675
00:26:39,586 --> 00:26:40,482
They've been looking
for their ball
676
00:26:40,551 --> 00:26:42,379
for about seven minutes.
677
00:26:42,448 --> 00:26:44,551
I go, "It's in the hole."
678
00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:45,793
Dummies.
679
00:26:45,862 --> 00:26:47,310
Didn't even look.
680
00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:49,000
I'm just kidding.
I placed it in there.
681
00:26:49,068 --> 00:26:50,620
No...
682
00:26:50,689 --> 00:26:52,586
It's funny.
683
00:26:52,655 --> 00:26:55,068
He's this super competitive guy,
as I've said,
684
00:26:55,137 --> 00:26:58,793
and he's now dating
a professional golfer.
685
00:27:00,517 --> 00:27:01,517
Jeez.
686
00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:02,724
I don't know how
this is gonna end.
687
00:27:03,758 --> 00:27:05,827
They both can't win.
688
00:27:07,551 --> 00:27:09,344
Yeah, that's
gonna do the trick.
689
00:27:11,137 --> 00:27:13,689
He said once in
his lifetime he will beat me
690
00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:15,482
and I don't know,
691
00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,448
I'll put money
on it doesn't happen.
692
00:27:18,793 --> 00:27:20,068
Happy Thanksgiving!
693
00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:22,206
Hi.
694
00:27:22,275 --> 00:27:23,689
I think
she's made a difference.
695
00:27:23,758 --> 00:27:25,586
I think he's much happier.
696
00:27:25,655 --> 00:27:27,068
I wasn't even ready yet.
697
00:27:27,137 --> 00:27:28,344
All right, that's fine.
698
00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,206
I think it was
very important for him
699
00:27:30,275 --> 00:27:33,172
to balance his social life
along with his career.
700
00:27:33,241 --> 00:27:34,275
What was the question again?
701
00:27:34,344 --> 00:27:35,827
Can you use it in a sentence?
702
00:27:35,896 --> 00:27:38,137
What feelings are hard
for you to communicate to me
703
00:27:38,206 --> 00:27:39,517
and how can I make it easier?
704
00:27:40,862 --> 00:27:42,379
All of them.
705
00:27:42,448 --> 00:27:44,689
- Why?
- Well, because--
706
00:27:45,758 --> 00:27:46,862
Well, God, I don't--
707
00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:48,172
I'm not good at sharing
my feelings.
708
00:27:48,241 --> 00:27:50,448
- Why not?
- You know this!
709
00:27:50,517 --> 00:27:52,655
You can just--
I'm not gonna judge you.
710
00:27:52,724 --> 00:27:55,103
I think it's great
for Christian because
711
00:27:55,172 --> 00:27:57,931
like having a high energy,
such a positive person...
712
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,000
Classy, sassy
and oh so fabulous.
713
00:28:02,068 --> 00:28:04,206
It's important
for him, you know,
714
00:28:04,275 --> 00:28:06,689
he's someone who can
be very critical of himself
715
00:28:06,758 --> 00:28:09,482
and like having this love from--
716
00:28:09,551 --> 00:28:11,896
from someone else
just for who he is.
717
00:28:11,965 --> 00:28:13,758
I think it--
718
00:28:13,827 --> 00:28:16,034
it helps to relieve
some of that.
719
00:28:16,103 --> 00:28:18,448
Wait, you have
to look at the shirt.
720
00:28:18,517 --> 00:28:19,931
She sees him for him,
721
00:28:21,379 --> 00:28:24,034
Not Christian Pulisic,
the Captain America.
722
00:28:24,103 --> 00:28:27,793
It's kind of like a touch
back to reality for him.
723
00:28:27,862 --> 00:28:30,827
Oh, my god.
724
00:28:30,896 --> 00:28:33,379
She's still not a soccer fan.
725
00:28:33,448 --> 00:28:35,724
I think she--
maybe she's my fan. I hope.
726
00:28:35,793 --> 00:28:38,517
In by Teo Hernandez-- Pulisic!
727
00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,034
Oh! That was sick!
728
00:28:41,103 --> 00:28:42,931
Christian's successes
and his passion
729
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,448
and his belief in working
hard to achieve,
730
00:28:46,517 --> 00:28:48,206
I think that put
the relationships
731
00:28:48,275 --> 00:28:49,793
on the sideburner for a while.
732
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:51,724
26-years old and...
733
00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:56,413
You know, this is his first,
you know, serious relationship.
734
00:28:56,482 --> 00:28:57,965
So it just-- it just shows you
735
00:28:58,034 --> 00:28:59,551
where his priorities lay.
736
00:29:03,448 --> 00:29:04,620
It's probably not a coincidence
737
00:29:04,689 --> 00:29:06,862
that you find that most
successful players
738
00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:09,172
in any professional
sport, actually,
739
00:29:09,241 --> 00:29:11,758
are the ones with
the strongest support systems.
740
00:29:13,689 --> 00:29:14,965
Being in that environment,
741
00:29:15,034 --> 00:29:16,689
I can't help but
being proud of him.
742
00:29:18,965 --> 00:29:20,620
And, you know,
to the people around me.
743
00:29:20,689 --> 00:29:21,758
I'm like,
"That's my friend."
744
00:29:23,931 --> 00:29:26,965
Whenever like his family
or me go to the game,
745
00:29:27,034 --> 00:29:29,448
like he'll always do
a little heart,
746
00:29:29,517 --> 00:29:31,482
which is cute.
747
00:29:31,551 --> 00:29:33,068
What we rarely get to see
748
00:29:33,137 --> 00:29:35,034
is the people that help
those stars
749
00:29:35,103 --> 00:29:37,620
get to where they are
and not only get them there,
750
00:29:37,689 --> 00:29:40,034
but also help them stay there.
751
00:29:40,103 --> 00:29:41,379
There is a reason
that a lot of players
752
00:29:41,448 --> 00:29:42,965
don't make it in Europe whenever
753
00:29:43,034 --> 00:29:45,137
they try to come over here
is because, you know,
754
00:29:45,206 --> 00:29:48,793
you deal with the stress
of not being with your family.
755
00:29:48,862 --> 00:29:51,448
♪ Between stones
and silver lines ♪
756
00:29:51,517 --> 00:29:53,689
♪ I know I'll make it through ♪
757
00:29:54,758 --> 00:29:57,034
♪ 'Cause it's more
than you and I ♪
758
00:29:57,103 --> 00:29:59,000
♪ We're meant to run to ♪
759
00:29:59,068 --> 00:30:00,620
I'm proud, you know,
760
00:30:00,689 --> 00:30:04,000
just happy
that he's doing what he loves.
761
00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:05,862
He's just my brother,
762
00:30:05,931 --> 00:30:09,758
and I don't think
of him as someone different.
763
00:30:09,827 --> 00:30:11,758
And he's a great uncle.
764
00:30:11,827 --> 00:30:12,965
I brag, and, like,
765
00:30:13,034 --> 00:30:14,965
I'll see someone
with his jersey,
766
00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:17,655
and I'm like,
"Oh, hey, that's my brother."
767
00:30:19,068 --> 00:30:21,793
♪ What a time,
what a time, what a time ♪
768
00:30:21,862 --> 00:30:23,862
♪ To be alive ♪
769
00:30:24,965 --> 00:30:27,793
♪ What a time,
what a time, what a time ♪
770
00:30:30,793 --> 00:30:32,034
You know, it's surreal.
771
00:30:32,103 --> 00:30:34,931
I mean, sometimes it's--
it's hard to believe,
772
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,517
you know, where the path
has taken us.
773
00:30:38,724 --> 00:30:40,896
Where the path has taken him.
774
00:30:40,965 --> 00:30:42,689
The world
is not just about soccer.
775
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:43,862
- Cheers!
- There's so much more.
776
00:30:43,931 --> 00:30:45,172
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
777
00:30:45,241 --> 00:30:46,896
I think he's found
the right balance of
778
00:30:46,965 --> 00:30:48,724
"Okay,
I'm a professional athlete,
779
00:30:48,793 --> 00:30:50,827
"and I need to leave that
more on the field
780
00:30:50,896 --> 00:30:52,689
and to be able
to actually enjoy
781
00:30:52,758 --> 00:30:53,655
a little bit more of life."
782
00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:57,551
♪ Eyes open ♪
783
00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:59,724
♪ Stay open ♪
784
00:30:59,793 --> 00:31:03,551
♪ On and on and on ♪
785
00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,344
♪ Stay open ♪
786
00:31:06,793 --> 00:31:08,275
♪ Eyes open ♪
787
00:31:09,551 --> 00:31:11,896
♪ Stay wholly ♪
788
00:31:11,965 --> 00:31:15,379
♪ On and on and on ♪
789
00:31:18,862 --> 00:31:21,206
♪ Eyes open ♪
790
00:31:21,275 --> 00:31:22,068
Whoo!
791
00:31:22,137 --> 00:31:23,965
♪ Stay wholly ♪
792
00:31:24,034 --> 00:31:25,310
♪ On and on and on ♪
793
00:31:28,413 --> 00:31:29,931
Come on, baby!
794
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,551
- Yeah!
- Let's go.
795
00:31:34,034 --> 00:31:37,310
My family,
they're why I do what I do.
796
00:31:37,379 --> 00:31:40,275
They're, you know, the people
that push me every single day.
797
00:31:40,344 --> 00:31:41,724
♪ Ooh ♪
798
00:31:41,793 --> 00:31:43,275
They've--
They've done it all.
799
00:31:43,344 --> 00:31:44,413
They've seen it all.
800
00:31:44,482 --> 00:31:45,896
They've been
on this journey with me,
801
00:31:45,965 --> 00:31:47,896
and I wouldn't be who I am
without them.
802
00:31:47,965 --> 00:31:49,137
♪ Mmm ♪
803
00:31:50,689 --> 00:31:52,000
We got him, all right.
804
00:31:52,068 --> 00:31:53,241
- And cut.
- Stop filming.
805
00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:59,413
♪ Me standing at the dance ♪
806
00:31:59,482 --> 00:32:01,310
♪ At the dance, ♪
807
00:32:01,379 --> 00:32:03,310
♪ She with the popozaão ♪
808
00:32:03,379 --> 00:32:04,827
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
809
00:32:04,896 --> 00:32:06,862
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
810
00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:10,206
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
811
00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:15,000
♪ Me standing at the dance ♪
812
00:32:15,068 --> 00:32:17,965
♪ At the dance, she with the popozaão ♪
813
00:32:18,034 --> 00:32:19,655
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
814
00:32:19,724 --> 00:32:21,724
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
815
00:32:21,793 --> 00:32:23,206
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
816
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:25,034
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
817
00:32:25,103 --> 00:32:29,206
♪ Me standing at the dance ♪
818
00:32:29,275 --> 00:32:32,758
♪ At the dance, she with the popozaão ♪
819
00:32:32,827 --> 00:32:34,275
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
820
00:32:34,344 --> 00:32:36,034
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
821
00:32:36,103 --> 00:32:39,689
♪ And the popozaão on the floor, uh ♪
822
00:32:51,655 --> 00:32:52,724
♪ Hey ♪
823
00:32:53,758 --> 00:32:56,034
♪ I really wanted her ♪
824
00:32:56,103 --> 00:32:58,068
♪ She didn't pay attention to me ♪
825
00:32:58,137 --> 00:32:59,620
♪ I did everything for her ♪
826
00:32:59,689 --> 00:33:01,793
♪ To maintain a relationship ♪
827
00:33:01,862 --> 00:33:04,862
♪ And today we don't even talk ♪
828
00:33:04,931 --> 00:33:07,068
♪ I'm decided, and it's not for nothing ♪
829
00:33:07,137 --> 00:33:09,379
♪ That I threw myself at Mandela ♪
830
00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:13,793
♪ Me standing at the dance ♪
831
00:33:13,862 --> 00:33:17,344
♪ At the dance, she with the popozaão ♪
832
00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:18,827
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
833
00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:20,655
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪
834
00:33:20,724 --> 00:33:22,344
♪ And the popozaão on the floor ♪
835
00:33:22,413 --> 00:33:24,068
♪ The popozaão on the floor ♪