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‘It’s Bible time’: How religion became part of the USMNT’s World Cup identity
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The Guardian·about 1 month ago

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

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

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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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