# @gqsports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZC4VEOAPjf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66258955-gqsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-01T13:30:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** GQ Sports (@GQSports) — https://gondola.cc/GQSports

## Caption

Playing in the first men’s World Cup on home soil in 32 years would be a pinch-me moment for any US player. For Christian Pulisic, it may well be career-defining. He’s not even touched the ball and pundits are already throwing around words like “legacy.” If any player could reasonably describe this World Cup as “just another big tournament,” Pulisic is not one of them.

And yet the US star is the picture of calm. “A lot of people are trying to make it even more than it is. I get it, it’s a huge tournament,” he says, “I’m looking forward to it.”

“I’m gonna try to enjoy the moment as best I can. Obviously, the more success you have, the more attention it gets, and that can only help grow the sport in America. I’m gonna give everything that I can to make that happen. That’s all I can do. I hope people watching can see that.”

Read the full #GQHYPE story by olifranklinwallis at the link in bio.

This Hype was published as part of #GQAllStars, our global campaign for this summer’s most exciting footballers.

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Produced by macromacro.eu

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