U.S. star Christian Pulisic fractured his right leg during the Americans’ World Cup loss to Belgium and will be sidelined for several weeks.<\/p>\n
Pulisic has a bone bruise and a microfracture of his tibia and fibula, the U.S. Soccer Federation said Thursday. The diagnosis was made after an X-ray and MRI on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He would not have been able to play during the remainder of the tournament had the U.S. advanced.<\/p>\n
Pulisic is expected to resume training before AC Milan’s Serie A opener at Torino on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n
Pulisic hit a leg of Belgium captain Youri Tielemans while attempting a shot in the 52nd minute of Monday’s 4-1 round-of-16 loss at Seattle. He remained in the game but was hobbling and Sebastian Berhalter replaced him in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n
Pulisic failed to score in the World Cup, missing one of the Americans’ five matches because of a calf injury and leaving two other games early. He has 30 goals in 90 international appearances.<\/p>\n
Pulisic, who turns 28 in September, is entering his fourth season with Milan.<\/p>\n
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