Christian Pulisic surprisingly overlooked for major 2025 US award despite career-best form: USMNT teammate and Premier League star named U.S. Soccer’s Male Player of the Year

When one of the most prestigious individual honors in American soccer was announced, the outcome sent a ripple of surprise through the USMNT landscape.

 Christian Pulisic entered 2025 carrying familiar expectations, but few could have predicted just how central he would become to everything around him. For Christian Pulisic, the calendar year evolved into a statement of maturity, influence, and elite consistency—one in which both the club and the nation increasingly revolved around his presence.