United States men’s national team stars Christian Pulisic and Timothy Weah reignited the flames of drama between the current U.S. squad and the old guard during the latest episode of the “PULISIC” documentary.
Pulisic, his father Mark and Weah called out the “evil” pundits like Landon Donovan, Tim Howard, Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda who have been vocal in their disapproval of USMNT results lately.
Pulisic Weah drama with former USMNT players
Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah open up about the criticism from some U.S. Soccer legends in the latest episodes of PULSIC @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/zqy2TujRQj
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) August 13, 2025
Mark Pulisic, Christian’s father, took a serious shot at the former players at the end of the video.
“They should look in the mirror and look at their last performances for the national team before they start talking shit,” Christian Pulisic’s father said.
Meanwhile Weah said he has respect for the former legends, but still said they were “evil” for criticizing the current team.
“I think those guys are chasing checks,” Weah said. “And for me, I just feel like they're really evil, honestly, because they've been players and they know it's like when you're getting bashed and those are the same guys, that'll turn around and shake your hand and try to be friendly with you at the end of the day.”
The situation only got exacerbated with another clip of Pulisic explaining why he chose not to participate in the 2025 Gold Cup.
He ends the video saying, "I think everyone has disrespected me in a lot of ways and have completely forgotten about what I've done for this national team for 10 years. It sucks."
Christian Pulisic directly addresses why he chose to sit out the Concacaf Gold Cup this summer and his reaction to the fallout of that decision pic.twitter.com/g4NDqo1doI
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) August 14, 2025
The clips posted by CBS hasn’t sat well with the USMNT fandom as a litany of supporters have called out Pulisic and Weah for their “soft mentality.”
♂️ Extremely good content from CBS and an absolutely horrendous look for the current USMNT players.
I’m going to join the choir and say it:This current generation is SOFT AS HELL.#USMNTpic.twitter.com/LdQVQ1aXOL
— Franco Panizo (@FrancoPanizo) August 13, 2025
Less than a year from a World Cup at home and all the joy and mysticism of my national is gone. Players are entitled divas, fans accept mediocrity and slop buzzwords from the coaches, leaders don’t exist ♀️
— YBG Dom (@KnowerOfBans) August 13, 2025
Pulisic is the least charismatic athlete I think I’ve ever seen. How anyone thought it was a good idea to film a documentary for a midtable player in Italy I’ll never know. https://t.co/pUnPslwOFI
— YBG Dom (@KnowerOfBans) August 13, 2025
Few things:
1. They’re evil…but you respect them?
2. Landon Donovan was on best U.S. World Cup team in history.
3. Don’t bring your dad to a fight.
4. This makes you look soft…the thing you’re whining about being criticized for.
5. Click…well played.pic.twitter.com/R0Mo7L3VL0— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) August 13, 2025
This USMNT might never beat the soft allegations.
Whining about former players criticizing them, Weah even calls them “evil” , Pulisic’s dad coming after former players/pundits.We are cooked in 2026.
pic.twitter.com/mYjA0pOTHZ— Tactical Manager (@ManagerTactical) August 13, 2025
In the past year the USMNT have been eliminated in the group stage of Copa América, eliminated by Panama in the Concacaf Nations League and lost to Mexico in the Gold Cup final.
