Christian Pulisic vs Iran – World Cup ‘22 | Unfiltered Soccer
6/6/202610 min
As we continue building up to the 2026 World Cup here in North America, United States Men's National Team legends Landon Donovan and Tim Howard are reflecting on some of the most iconic moments in American soccer history. And today, we're going back to Qatar to relive Christian Pulisic’s high-stakes goal vs Iran! Following draws in each of the USMNT’s first two group stage matches vs Wales and England, the scenario was simple heading into matchday 3: win and advance – anything less than a victory would send the Americans home prematurely. Join Landon and Tim as they take you through that tense evening in Qatar highlighted by Chrisitan Pulisic’s signature moment and test themselves with a little bit of trivia as well. New episodes of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim drop every Tuesday. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow on all your favorite podcast platforms. For bonus content, follow on all social media platforms @UnfilteredSoccer. Send your mailbag questions to feedback@unfilteredsoccer.com (https://www.unfilteredsoccer.com). This bonus content is brought to you by Jim Beam. Jim Beam is the Official Spirit of U.S. Soccer. Whether you’re following from the stadium or from home, grab a Jim Beam & Lemonade and enjoy with those around you. Visit https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/cocktails/beam-and-lemonade. This Unfiltered Soccer bonus content with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was edited and mastered by Collin Kushner with engineering support from Eric Newell and Jeremy Steinkamp. Our producers are Andrew Gundling and Jordan Rizzieri. Our social media lead is Dan Armelli and our social editors are Kyle Curley and Finley Skelton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsLandon Donovan· Host0:00
[upbeat music] We're cheersing the greatest US World Cup moments in history, and today we are reliving one of the most important goals in recent US soccer history, Christian Pulisic's goal against Iran, go-ahead goal, at the 2022 World Cup, Timmy. All right, let's set the scene.
Tim Howard· Host0:23
Mm-hmm.
Landon Donovan· Host0:23
It's November. Weird for a World Cup.
Tim Howard· Host0:25
Kinda weird.
Landon Donovan· Host0:25
Remember that?
Tim Howard· Host0:26
Weird.
Landon Donovan· Host0:26
November 29th, 2022, at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha. The scenario was clear. We had to win the game, and we advance. Lose or draw, and we're out. So a lot... There was a lot at stake. 38th minute, um, Tyler Adams gets the ball, plays it to Jedi, comes back to Tyler, um, then to Weston, and then Weston hits a little clipped ball to the back post.
Tim Howard· Host0:51
Great, great little ball.
Landon Donovan· Host0:52
Yeah, great ball, to Sergiño Dest, who's making a late run, and then Christian reacts well. It's headed across the goal mouth. Christian volleys at home. Um, just as far as, like, World Cup goals go for the US, the quality of that goal, really high. It's not like we're scoring goals like that all the time.
Tim Howard· Host1:09
No, and, and I remember, you know, 38th minute is a great time to, to, to score.
Landon Donovan· Host1:14
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Tim Howard· Host1:15
You know, just s- because, 'cause it's a tightly wound game. But I, I just remember, you know, watching, watching it back after all these years, sort of like, in the moment they were playing really well. They were pressing the ball well. They were sort of