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​Chelsea winger Pulisic set to turn out for US national team in Nations League semi

Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic will be in the USMNT lineup against Honduras.

The attacker, who won the Champions League with his club on Saturday, is firmly in the thoughts of coach Gregg Berhalter.

Pulisic missed the Americans' defeat to Switzerland to play in the final, but should be ready for the Nations League semi-final against Honduras on Thursday.

"I don't think it's a question of what happened tonight, related to if Christian plays or not," Berhalter said, per Goal.com.

"Try to tell Christian that he's not playing on Thursday, and it's gonna be a very difficult one. Coming off of winning the Champions League, coming in the game making an impact in that in that game, he's ready to go.

"It would be very hard to keep him out of the lineup, but, having said that, we're pleased with the work of the gods. I think they did a good job, Gio and Brenden. Brendan, in particular, was just relentless for this running and his working and he created some chances.

"Gio had a couple of crosses that were dangerous as well. Also very happy with his work rate and, I think, before he came out, he made a couple of runs behind the backline that were dangerous, some diagonals that he could have made something with.

"Overall those guys did a good job and we're looking forward to recovering and getting ready for Honduras."

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