Meet Christian Pulisic, the man who struck gold for American soccer

He is expected to make his Premier League debut on Sunday at 11.30 am

When Chelsea nabbed American soccer star Christian Pulisic for $73 million earlier this year, Jon Miller, NBC’s head of sports programming, felt like he’d struck gold.
 
“It’s one of those things that you hope will happen but never believe it will because you don’t want to be disappointed,” Miller said. “Everybody was pretty excited.
 
Eight months later, on the eve of the English Premier League season, NBC is feeling good about the three seasons left on its six-year, $1 billion deal for US broadcast rights.
 
Miller likened the 20-year-old Pulisic’s arrival to the boost of a generational