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‘It’s Bible time’: How religion became part of the USMNT’s World Cup identity

The Guardian UK Sunday 07 June 2026, 17:00 UTC By Leander Schaerlaeckens 1 min read
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From Christian Pulisic to Weston McKennie, many of the team’s biggest stars have been open about their faith, creating a new dynamic for a home World Cup• World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the appIn the third episode of the interminable, nine-part Pulisic docuseries, its subject, Christian Pulisic, sits down at a dining table, pink orchids blooming behind him. a friend asks him, holding a camera in Pulisic’s face.

From Christian Pulisic to Weston McKennie, many of the team’s biggest stars have been open about their faith, creating a new dynamic for a home World Cup

• World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app

In the third episode of the interminable, nine-part Pulisic docuseries, its subject, Christian Pulisic, sits down at a dining table, pink orchids blooming behind him.

“It is what time?” a friend asks him, holding a camera in Pulisic’s face.

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USMNT (ORG) World Cup (EVENT) Christian Pulisic (PERSON) Weston McKennie (PERSON) World Cup• World Cup (EVENT) Pulisic (ORG)
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