Midway through a World Cup that’s on course to become the most-watched tournament of all time, one former United States player has found himself going viral almost as often as Lionel Messi is scoring record-breaking goals. Sadly for Alexi Lalas, that’s not because he’s quite as beloved as the Argentinian maestro.
Almost all of the clips of the 56-year-old Fox Sports pundit currently lighting up social media revolve around him being on the receiving end of the blatant disdain of Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović, the two much more successful international stars he’s been regularly placed alongside. In one, a lifetime’s worth of regret seems to pass over Henry’s steely visage while Lalas declares excitedly: “My nether regions are still vibrating!”
