Alexi Lalas says US players citing World Cup pressure are a 'bunch of whiners'

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"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. Bunch of whiners, that they're whining about the pressure, Lalas said Thursday at a Fox event to promote its World Cup coverage."

"There's pressure, I feel it. Yes, it's there, but it's nothing that I can't handle, Pulisic said in March. I'm going to, yeah, attack it head on. We are as a team. I don't need to do it by myself. Allow me to grumpy old man a little bit here, Lalas said. This is a generation that has been given absolutely everything both on and off the field in terms of resources, in terms of opportunities, in terms of pathways."

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