Sitting in the basement of an inauspicious-looking house in southwest Kansas City, Kansas, one of the best FIFA players in the world spends his weekends hooked up to a gaming console in a dark basement.
It really is no exaggeration to call Alex Betancourt one of the best. He is, quite literally, one of the foremost players in world on the most-played sports video game in the history of gaming.
Wearing a thick pair of headphones and holding a slightly sweaty Xbox One controller in his hands, the 19-year-old Betancourt spends dozens of hours a week playing FIFA18, representing his hometown team, Sporting Kansas City, on the international eSports stage.