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Haji Wright got Christian Pulisic ‘so mad’ with FIFA wins & victory song – with USMNT star ignoring NBA and NFL advice to chase soccer dream alongside Weston McKennie & Tyler Adams

Wright, who has just <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-usmnt-haji-wright-plays-rock-paper-scissors-decide-penalty-taker-spot-kick-coventry-win/blte9dce2bc5682005a" target="_blank">posted a career-best return of 19 goals for Coventry</a> in the 2023-24 campaign, saw his potential spotted early and was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ac-milan-christian-pulisic-birthday-message-usmnt-team-mate-haji-wright/blt3796e410d6529685" target="_blank">drafted into youth camps alongside the likes of fellow hot prospects</a> Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and Luca de la Torre.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The 26-year-old forward has told the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offside-with-taylor-twellman/id1696346528?i=1000658751810 " target="_blank">Offside with Taylor Twellman</a> podcast of that experience: “With Christian, Weston and Tyler, for our residency I just remember being around them all day, every day. Christian was one of my dorm mates, so I used to play everyday against Christian at FIFA. I’m better than him at FIFA, so when I would beat him I used to play this song and he used to get so mad! Luca, I actually played against him before academy days, so when we were like 10/11. I remember playing him for the first time and thinking he was the best thing since sliced bread.”

WHAT WRIGHT SAID

Wright may never have <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/usmnt-coventry-city-haji-wright-not-giving-up-copa-america-2026-fifa-world-cup/blt61d12036f7282db0" target="_blank">trodden that path</a> had he listened to the advice of certain family members, with the powerful frontman saying of sporting passions in his household: “Depending on the time of year, it was either the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals – basketball and football, that was it. Around like my 14th or 15th birthday, I started getting a growth spurt and I was around like 6’1’’ or 6’2’’ that year. And I remember my uncles and my aunts saying: ‘Why aren’t you playing basketball, what are you wasting your talent for?’ [After playing at the 2022 World Cup] all of a sudden they’re like: ‘Oh my gosh, the best soccer player in the world!’ I said: ‘Ahh, remember when I was a kid?’”

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Having impressed in the Championship and during a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/usmnt-star-haji-wright-anything-can-happen-warning-man-utd-as-coventry-pressure-fa-cup-semi-finals/blt9d36d2a99e534f45" target="_blank">run to the FA Cup semi-finals</a> in the season just gone, Wright has been included in the USMNT squad for a Copa America tournament on home soil. He is heading into that event with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/snubbed-to-usmnt-history-maker-haji-wright-rewrites-record-books-first-outing-15-months-coventry-nations-league/blt48b8f73f57b0c492" target="_blank">four senior international goals recorded through 10 appearances</a>.

WHAT NEXT?

Haji Wright got Christian Pulisic ‘so mad’ with FIFA wins & victory song – with USMNT star ignoring NBA and NFL advice to chase soccer dream alongside Weston McKennie & Tyler Adams | Goal.com UK

Haji Wright has revealed how he used to get Christian Pulisic “so mad” with FIFA wins and a victory song, with the pair now USMNT team-mates.

Haji Wright got Christian Pulisic ‘so mad’ with FIFA wins &amp; victory song – with USMNT star ignoring NBA and NFL advice to chase soccer dream alongside Weston McKennie &amp; Tyler Adams