Christian Pulisic suffered a bone bruise and microfracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg during the United States men's national team's 4-1 round-of-16 defeat to Belgium on July 6, 2026, in Seattle. The injury occurred in the 52nd minute; Pulisic was replaced by Sebastian Berhalter in the 59th minute. The diagnosis was first reported by The Athletic and had not been confirmed by U.S. Soccer as of Thursday.