Alexi Lalas says U.S. players citing World Cup pressure are a ‘bunch of whiners’

Alexi Lalas doesn’t want to hear U.S. players citing pressure ahead of playing in a World Cup at home and says Christian Pulisic, the top American, is “never going to be the leader.”“Cry me a river, OK, when it comes to the pressure.

Alexi Lalas doesn’t want to hear U.S. players citing pressure ahead of playing in a World Cup at home and says Christian Pulisic, the top American, is “never going to be the leader.”

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“Cry me a river, OK, when it comes to the pressure. Bunch of whiners, that they’re whining about the pressure,” Lalas said Thursday at a Fox event to promote its World Cup coverage.

Lalas, 55, played for the U.S. when it hosted the 1994 World Cup and has been Fox’s top soccer analyst since late 2014.