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PULISIC REPLACES DONOVAN AS YOUNGEST CAPTAIN

United States’ Christian Pulisic became the youngest captain in the modern history of the US Men’s soccer program when the 20 year old was handed the captain’s armband for a friendly game against Italy in Genk, Belgium.

At just 20 years, 63 days, Christian Pulisic beat Landon Donovan, who was 22 years, 220 days when he was handed the captain’s armband in a World Cup qualifier at El Salvador on October 9, 2004, a match regular captain Claudio Reyna missed through a nasty quadriceps injury.
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