World Cup woes: U.S. soccer legend calls team’s diversity a ‘melting pot fallacy’

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USA Soccer legends Alexi Lalas and Aly Wagner speaks after Volkswagen announced a partnership with USA Soccer at the 2019 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com

Every few years, ex-U.S. soccer star Alexi Lalas, 55, scapegoats diversity for the team’s recent struggles despite teams like France, that won the 2018 World Cup with a roster comprised of players of different ethnicities and backgrounds, proving him wrong.

Yet, following his latest rant — on First Things First last Wednesday — here we are.

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