{"id":"christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt","name":"Christian Pulisics Its Called Soccer Shirt","summary":"Christian Pulisic's \"It's Called Soccer\" shirt is a photoshopped image of the USMNT star's undershirt edited to read \"It's called soccer.\" The edit trended during the 2022 FIFA World Cup as a jab at English fans over the soccer versus football naming debate.","tags":["christian pulisic","its called soccer","soccer vs football","usmnt meme","world cup 2022 meme","pulisic shirt","man in the mirror shirt"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":9,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-pulisic-its-called-soccer-shirt.webp","caption":"Christian Pulisic reveals his 'It's Called Soccer!' undershirt after scoring for the USMNT — the original photo that launched the meme.","width":1920,"height":1075,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-man-in-the-mirror-edit.webp","caption":"An edited variation of the Pulisic meme swapping the caption for 'Man in the Mirror', a reference to the Michael Jackson song.","width":680,"height":453,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-matthew-gonzales-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet by @matthew_gon24 pairing the Pulisic image with the caption 'When Pulisic scores against England' (June 15, 2022).","width":680,"height":814,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-when-pulisic-scores-england-tweet.webp","caption":"A cropped share of the 'When Pulisic scores against England' tweet, one of the earliest viral reposts of the meme.","width":680,"height":850,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-out-of-context-football-tweet.webp","caption":"The Out Of Context Football account (@nocontextfooty) reshares the Pulisic photo, helping spread the meme through the football community.","width":680,"height":790,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-dollar-euro-parity-tweet.webp","caption":"A tweet joking that dollar-euro parity means Americans can now decide what to call the sport, riffing on the 'It's called soccer' meme.","width":680,"height":776,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-hardest-pic-of-all-time-tweet.webp","caption":"A fan tweet declaring the Pulisic 'It's Called Soccer!' image as 'the hardest pic of all time', celebrating its meme status.","width":680,"height":728,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-lebron-james-of-soccer.webp","caption":"Chelsea FC USA's tweet dubbing Christian Pulisic 'the LeBron James of Soccer', part of the wider Pulisic-as-American-icon meme wave.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt-does-he-know-fifa-tweet.webp","caption":"A tweet mocking the 'It's Called Soccer!' celebration by pointing out that the F in FIFA stands for football (Nov 20, 2022).","width":680,"height":838,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/christian-pulisics-its-called-soccer-shirt/history.md","related":["dele-alli-hand-celebration","neymars-dives","the-ramsey-effect","2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil","2018-fifa-world-cup-russia","bellingham-celebration-belligol","camavinga-memes","cristiano-ronaldo","crying-messi","dictator-mbappe","essie-world-cup-curse","lionel-messi"],"popularityRank":1108,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}