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By Andrew McCarty
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Christian Pulisic hasn't played for the United States since the first half of the team's 4-1 win over Paraguay in the first group stage game, nearly two weeks ago.
Despite not being ready for the team's 2-0 win over Australia, Pulisic made it clear he never considered this would be a long-term issue that would plague his World Cup hopes, though he did admit he wasn't able to push through the injury for the second half of the first group stage win.
"Honestly, I never feared anything worse. I was pushing and I was really close to trying to be available for the last game for sure," he said.
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"But obviously I did feel a little something, but I definitely was able to push through in the first half [against Paraguay] with adrenaline and just get me through. But yeah, it wasn't quite ready, but it wasn't anything where I feared anything worse than really what it was."
Despite his two-week absence, Pulisic doesn't think he's lost any sharpness heading into the final group stage game against Turkey on Thursday night.
"I haven't been off. I've been working every single day a lot," he said. "No, I don't think that's enough time to lose sharpness. I've been touching the ball every day and whatnot. I'm working a lot. So get a couple training sessions in, I'd say I'll feel ready."
It's unclear if he'll see the field tonight or be saved for a Round of 32 contest.
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