2026 FIFA WORLD CUP dates & locations, Mbappe to Real Madrid, Lindsey Horan on American fans

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The countdown is on for FIFA 2026 and Alexi Lalas and David Mosse dive right in to the venues, dates, and USMNT group stage schedule. The opening match will take place in Mexico City and the final will be in New Jersey at Met Life Stadium. The USMNT will stay on the west coast for all three group stage games, playing in both Los Angeles and Seattle. (7:07)The two kick it over to Europe and Mexico for a massive weekend. Josh Sargent, the Booth brothers, and Luca De La Torre all find the back of the net. And Mbappe is potentially on his way to Real Madrid! (24:45)Alexi and Mosse answer questions in #AskAlexi on the reasons behind Inter Miami’s preseason tour and cheering for other CONCACAF teams. They also unpack USWNT Captain Lindsey Horan calling out American fan’s lack of knowledge and understanding of the game. (48:04) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greg Berhalter, in July of 2026, is going to bring us to the mount.
0:06.1	He is going to give us the greatest moment of glory when it comes to this men's national
0:11.2	soccer team and win the World Cup in basically his backyard.
0:16.0	Talk about full circle. Hello Sunshine I'm Alexi Lalles and welcome to the State of the Union podcast where we look at the
0:33.8	beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red white and blue
0:36.3	colored glasses. This show will be talking well World Cup 2026 game
0:40.7	schedule. It is out baby
0:42.7	Lindsay Iran taking some shots arsenal rebounds inter-rolls and bape o'eravoa
0:47.8	Geo's England intro luka on fire messy Griselda, and so much more.
0:53.7	But first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light,
0:56.4	David Mossier soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer,
0:59.3	Extra-Nacie!
1:00.8	How you doing on this Monday, February 5th in the year 2024.
1:05.0	I'm doing well although I was lied to when I moved to LA I was told it had nice weather.
1:10.0	Yes, weather in Los Angeles is always a big topic, not just locally, but even nationally and internationally.
1:17.0	My mom who lives out there in the DC area called me today to make sure that I wasn't underwater. And for that don't know yeah we've been getting massive amounts of rain
1:25.9	we have gotten massive amounts of rain in the past but obviously it's not the norm for us and all hell breaks loose
1:31.8	here when it rains in terms of what people do, what people don't do.
1:36.3	It affects school, it affects driving for sure because nobody can drive.
1:42.1	I will say I was worried coming into work today
1:44.8	that it was going to be problematic. It was actually pretty empty on the roads
1:49.8	because a lot of people just said screw it I'm not going to happen. However there were plenty of
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