2022 FIFA World Cup Primer: USA Starting 11, Biggest Group Games, predictions & more

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

We are 100 days out this week from the opening game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup from Qatar and Stu Holden joins Alexi Lalas & David Mosse to get you ready for kickoff. The guys get things started by previewing the biggest group stage matches including England vs USA, Mexico vs Argentina, and Germany vs Spain. Alexi then gives his USA 26-man roster and starting 11 for Qatar. Will John Brooks make the cut? Stu, Mosse, and Alexi also give a few predictions as well. Who will win the golden boot and the 2022 World Cup title? Before we wrap, we also reveal our 5 top USMNT moments from past tournaments. Where does Landon Donovan's iconic goal against Algeria rank? Follow Alexi Lalas' State of the Union podcast @SOTUWithAlexi on all platforms! https://twitter.com/SOTUWithAlexi https://www.instagram.com/SOTUWithAlexi/ https://www.tiktok.com/@sotuwithalexi https://www.facebook.com/SOTUWithAlexi/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alex Wallace and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the
0:06.1	beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white and blue color glasses.
0:10.7	Joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light guiding light David Mossy and joining us on set
0:15.2	today for this edition of the podcast our good friend our colleague Stu Holden.
0:21.6	Stu you look wonderful your pants are tight as usual.
0:24.4	Your hair looks great.
0:27.3	You were just telling us before we came on air that you had some celebrity sightings this week.
0:33.0	Yes, I saw a couple of days ago, Dr. Dre, eating at Boa Steakhouse in Santa Monica.
0:39.0	The same restaurant where years ago I saw Stephen Gerard, so I've the deuce just based on those two sightings
0:43.7	like five years apart that that is a hot celebrity.
0:46.7	My favorite game is does Alexi Lollis know that celebrity?
0:50.4	What did Dr. Drake do?
0:52.4	Well, he's a rapper.
0:53.0	Okay, that's a good start.
0:55.0	I think he's a producer.
0:56.0	I can't tell you a head phone.
0:58.0	Do you know a certain head phone?
1:00.0	Oh, he did the bows.
1:01.0	No, not the bows.
1:02.0	Bose is a ramp one? Beats by Dre, right? He sold it for like a billion dollars or something like that. So there we go. I can't tell you one song that he does, but I know he's very very famous to your point and popular.
1:15.7	All right so listen we brought stew in because we are coming to you this week and if
1:20.5	this is dropping on a Thursday then we are 102 days out from the Qatar World Cup in November and December.
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