Will Christian Pulisic's crisis of confidence at Milan carry over to USMNT's World Cup?

Confidence is a funny thing in sports.You can’t measure it. There’s no telling what will influence it. But for anyone who has played or watched any sport, its impact is undoubtedly real. We can see it in games when a goal or a penalty save swings momentum starkly from one team to the other. And we can see it in player performance, too. A three-pointer that falls and suddenly a player can’t miss. A broken-bat single that snaps a rut. A bumbling finish that unlocks a scoring spree.Advertisement