{"id":132951,"date":"2026-05-21T19:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:51:23","slug":"alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951","title":{"rendered":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America’s 250th birthday: ‘Cannot have that’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

There is no clear-cut favorite heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, but if you ask Fox Sports analyst Alexi Lalas who he believes will lift the trophy at the end of the tournament, he\u2019ll give you one answer.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t care who wins as long as it\u2019s not England,” he said during Fox Sports\u2019 FIFA World Cup 2026 Media Day on Wednesday in New York City<\/a>. “I can abide by a lot of things happening this summer, but one thing I cannot is having England come over on our shores, on our 250th birthday of what I feel is the greatest country in the world, and for them to win a World Cup.<\/p>\n

“If you think they\u2019re insufferable now, could you imagine they came over and won that World Cup and it\u2019s coming home through our country. I cannot have that, so anybody but England.”<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S.-England rivalry in soccer was in full force in 2022, when they were pitted against each other in their group stage in Qatar. It was a 0-0 draw in a hard-fought match for both sides, but in 2026, they\u2019ll have to get out of their respective groups if they are to meet in the tournament.<\/p>\n

But Lalas couldn\u2019t imagine England taking home its first World Cup since 1966 \u2014 the country\u2019s only victory in the tournament of all tournaments.<\/p>\n

US SOCCER GREAT THINKS AMERICAN TEAM CAN SHOCK THE WORLD AT UPCOMING WORLD CUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

There is no denying, though, how great the English squad will be this year, as Lalas knows.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re really good,” he said. “As much as it pains me to say, they are very, very good. The soccer gods have a wicked sense of humor. Please not England, anybody but England.”<\/p>\n

Lalas\u2019 Fox Sports colleague, host Rebecca Lowe, is a West Londoner who has dreamed of her country winning it all since she can remember.<\/p>\n

“Every four years of my play since 1990, I think about England winning the World Cup,” she said after Lalas\u2019 rant. “So, I\u2019m now getting to a stage where if I now<\/em> go against them, they\u2019re going to do it.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m going to be courageous. It is going to come home.”<\/p>\n

Lowe and Lalas said that they will have a bet in place once the tournament begins where, if England does indeed win it all, the latter will have to do something and vice versa.<\/p>\n

Carli Lloyd<\/a>, Stu Holden, and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez also gave their predictions about who would win. Hernandez was on Lowe\u2019s side believing England could win it all, though he hopes his home country, fellow host site Mexico, can do so instead.<\/p>\n

Lloyd and Holden both think France<\/a>, which fell in penalties to Argentina in the 2022 World Cup Final, will get the job done at MetLife Stadium in July.<\/p>\n

“The French, I just look at this team, they continue to get stronger. When they go down a generation, the next generation comes,” Holden said.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m going to go with France as well,” Lloyd added shortly after. “The depth, the experience. I know firsthand losing in 2011 at the World Cup, coming back and really having that desire to really want to win in 2015. There\u2019s something about that.”<\/p>\n

The panel was hopeful the U.S. men\u2019s national team can make a run on home soil, but it\u2019s hard to deny the talent level elsewhere as the best players and countries in the world converge on North America in just a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and subscribe to<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-americas-250th-birthday-cannot <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no clear-cut favorite heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but if you ask Fox Sports analyst Alexi Lalas who he believes will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-132951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAlexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is no clear-cut favorite heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but if you ask Fox Sports analyst Alexi Lalas who he believes will […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America’s 250th birthday: ‘Cannot have that’\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\"},\"wordCount\":642,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\",\"name\":\"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America’s 250th birthday: ‘Cannot have that’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR","og_description":"There is no clear-cut favorite heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but if you ask Fox Sports analyst Alexi Lalas who he believes will […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America’s 250th birthday: ‘Cannot have that’","datePublished":"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951"},"wordCount":642,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951","name":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America's 250th birthday: 'Cannot have that' - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-21T23:51:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/alexi-lalas-dreading-thought-england-could-win-world-cup-on-americas-250th-birthday-cannot-have-that-132951#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alexi Lalas dreading thought England could win World Cup on America’s 250th birthday: ‘Cannot have that’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132951"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=132951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}