Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah have now responded directly to the criticism from figures like Landon Donovan — doing so with a pointed, eight-word reality check that’s impossible to ignore.

“I was pretty calm at that moment,” says Downs. “We talked about who’s gonna go sixth, who’s gonna go seventh, and they wanted me to go seventh. But I spoke with another player, and he just said, ‘You ...

Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah have not held back in their assessments of ex-U.S. Men's National Team stars, criticizing the ...