Alexi Lalas
@AlexiLalas
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Soccer Analyst, Slurpee lover & proud ginger. Size the day. @SOTUWithAlexi https://t.co/yaA1MRyaRZ…
Los Angeles
Joined May 2010
My new album MELT AWAY is out. Straight ahead American melodic rock/pop sugar for your ears. Check it out…or don’t. Available on all streaming platforms. Here’s @Spotify:
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Alexi Lalas · album · 2022 · 10 songs
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- 29 MLS Cups - 15 different teams have won MLS Cup - 8 of 29 MLS Cup winners also won Supporters Shield - 10 of 16 2025 MLS Cup playoff teams have never won MLS Cup Will we have a first-timer?
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Great. I look forward to Messi's TED Talk when he's more comfortable.
@AlexiLalas He does speak enough English but is not confident to communicate in public.
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Nobody's questioning Messi's talent or the reverence/respect he deserves for his play. But I have even more respect for someone like Diego Valeri who came to America, starred in MLS, became a Portland icon, and not only learned English, but now is on TV as a bilingual analyst.
@AlexiLalas Messages like this one don’t add anything. He is a soccer player, we should not care about his inability to speak English. Let me remind you that people that don’t speak English are the ones keeping the MLS alive and relevant.
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I'm one of them.
@AlexiLalas 50 million Spanish speakers in the USA most of them soccer first 🤷♂️
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I was conjugating Italian verbs in my hotel room first night I arrived. Italians didn't care I was mixing English, Spanish and Italian, they just respected the effort. It enabled me to understand what was being said and it even gave me some grace on the field...which I needed.
@AlexiLalas How easy/difficult was it for you in Italy to pickup the language & cultural norms? Were they patient with you?
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Sure, Messi not speaking English (publicly) leaves commercial money on table. He's already amassed incredible generational wealth. But when you're a guest in a country, I've found that nothing endears you more and confers more respect than taking the time learning the language.
@AlexiLalas Do you think Messi is missing a massive commercial opportunity by not speaking English in ads or interviews, especially while being in the U.S. spotlight? Feels like untapped financial upside. Curious if you agree.
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Yup, prop bets are ripe for athletes to fix. You justify it in your mind that it doesn't really matter or affect the outcome, so you're not really cheating. Oh what a tangled web we weave...
@AlexiLalas Match fixing is easier to spot than prop bets. A basketball example might be betting on someone to score the most points in the 3rd quarter or who wins the opening tipoff. A soccer example might be who the first person to get a yellow card or something like that. Hard to catch!
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Yes, but given Italy's history, they were vigilant. Closest I saw was later in season in games where a tie and a point served both teams. On the field, it was made clear to me (the American) that there was an unspoken agreement to just go through motions and kill the clock.
@AlexiLalas I mean, you played in Italy for a while there, didn't you...
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Never saw match fixing when I was playing, but could have happened. MLS was always concerned because of relatively lower pay of players. The less players make, the more incentive they have to risk. Which makes this gambling scandal with NBA coach/players even more ridiculous.
@AlexiLalas Was match fixing going on when you were a player? Did you know of any types of match fixing throughout your career?
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Like you, there're many who experienced and have memories of the summer of 1994 through lens of the World Cup. It was peak 90s and a transcendent cultural touchstone. I hope next summer has that type of impact (and more) on a whole new generation. That's power...that's legacy.
@AlexiLalas 1994 was best summer of my life as 13 year old. Best part of this is seeing young kids make same memories
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🚨 BREAKING: Senate Democrats just blocked a bill to pay service members and federal personnel currently working without a paycheck during the shutdown. Fetterman, Ossoff, and Warnock were the only ones to vote in favor.
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NEW: Feds have launched an investigation into how this illegal migrant from India obtained a commercial drivers license in the state of California. US Atty Bill Essayli tells Fox investigators suspect Jashanpreet Singh might have been under influence of a stimulant and faces
BREAKING: Per multiple ICE sources, Jashanpreet Singh, the semi-truck driver suspected of killing three people in a DUI crash on the 10 freeway in Ontario, CA yesterday, is an Indian illegal alien who was caught & released at the CA border by the Biden admin in March 2022. DHS
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New State of the Union pod talking Champions League, Pepi, Weston vs Tab, Gacy, MLS playoffs, USMNT wildcard player, Ohtani, Women’s World Cup, Bad Boys, Redford, Zeppelin, Pulisic captaincy, Scorsese, FOX WC, and so much more. @SOTUWithAlexi ⚽️🇺🇸
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Podcast Episode · Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast · 10/23/2025 · 54m
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Great news. Messi contract extension. Obviously makes him the face of Inter Miami's new Miami Freedom Park stadium scheduled to open in 2026.
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Seemingly, their criminality is surpassed only by their stupidity.
@AlexiLalas NBA gambling arrests
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Legend. But that she even has to do this is insane…and sad.
Badass mom at a local school interrupts a group of junkies doing narcotics in front of the school. When she asks them to leave, the one on the bike approaches her and takes several swings at her. She maces him. The group ends up leaving.
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Sports/politics often intertwined w/ parallels. Both reflect culture. Both have winners/losers, heroes/villains, & scoreboard. Both feed on personality, tribalism, emotion, & theater. Both require skills. Both defer to arbiters (ref/judge). But politics consequences dwarf sports.
@AlexiLalas Sports and politics don’t mesh well
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