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          Tab Ramos urges cautious approach with Christian Pulisic

          "He could've started every game," Tab Ramos said of Christian Pulisic's Copa America showing. Mike Carlson Getty Images Sport
          • Doug McIntyre, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2016, 09:45 AM ET
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              Doug McIntyre is a staff writer for ESPN The Magazine. He has covered American and international soccer since 2002.
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          U.S. fans didn't see much of 17-year-old midfielder Christian Pulisic during June's Copa America Centenario, but U.S. U20 coach Tab Ramos sure did. Ramos, who for the past five years has served as one of Jurgen Klinsmann's assistants with the senior squad, got to see the Borussia Dortmund midfielder in training on a daily basis for more than a month, en route to the Americans' fourth-place finish.