There comes a time at every World Cup when the attitude changes. When those who’d been either too apprehensive or too indifferent to get on board go all in.
IRVINE, California. — Of all the scenarios and combinations of alignments discussed and debated before the possibility that Christian Pulisic would not play in Friday’s match against Australia, only the most clairvoyant among us saw Ricardo Pepi arrive. The two striker scheme that Pochettino implemented in the 2-0 victory against the Australians was a total break with everything that the U.S. men’s team had done in the past year. Pepi, making hi…