Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Alexi Lalas, a former United States men’s national team soccer player and current analyst with Fox Sports, responded to the backlash of the U.S.’s pay to play model. He defended private equity, claimed youth sports should drive profit in our capitalist system and not produce players, and went with a MAGA staple of a line: ‘who’s gonna pay for it?’ At the World Cup Team USA lost to Belgium in the round of 16. Lalas and plenty others don’t get it, and never will.
Alexi Lalas, a former United States men’s national team soccer player and current analyst with Fox Sports, responded to the backlash of the U.S.’s pay to play model. He defended private equity, claimed youth sports should drive profit in our capitalist system and not produce players, and went with a MAGA staple of a line: ‘who’s gonna pay for it?’ At the World Cup Team USA lost to Belgium in the round of 16. Lalas and plenty others don’t get it, and never will.
