Lassiter Speaks Out

American soccer team striker Roy Lassiter said his arrest last week on 3-year-old burglary and forgery warrants is not going to stop his career.

“I don’t care who tries to put this in my face,” Lassiter said. “This is not going to stop me.”

Lassiter was reached at the U.S. national team’s hotel in Norkopping, Sweden, where the Americans will play Sweden on Wednesday. The 26-year-old player admitted involvement in the two burglaries in Raleigh, N.C., in May and July of 1992, following his graduation from North Carolina State.

“All I want to do is go on. It happened a long time ago. I just want to begin again and I just want to know what can I do to make this right.”