Even with Christian Pulisic on the sidelines, the U.S. men’s national team secured an important victory.

The United States can make more history and more fans if they defeat Australia in their second World Cup match. The big question is whether Christian Pulisic can play.

The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was kicked in the calf, left at halftime, and hasn't trained…