US football player taken to hospital after match with Iran

Christian Pulisic, who scored the lone goal in the United States’ 1-0 win over Iran at the World Cup on Tuesday, was taken to the hospital to undergo a scan for an abdominal injury.

Report informs via foreign media that Pulisic scored in the 38th minute but collided with Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand on the play. Pulisic was down on the field for a few minutes before slowly getting up and walking off with trainers.

Play resumed with the US opting not to sub out for Pulisic. He re-entered the game a couple minutes later and played out the rest of the first half, but he did not return to the field in the second half.