Christian Pulisic became only the seventh American to score in the UEFA Champions League and he was at 18 the youngest of the bunch. The goal against Benfica in a 4-0 win on Wednesday wassurely the best of the 12 goals scored by Americans, earning praise from German great Lothar Matthaeus.

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