Bayern beat PSG, Neymar, Davies, USMNT qualifying, El Trafico, USWNT exodus

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Alexi and Mosse unpack Bayern’s win against PSG in the Champions League final, including Neymar’s disappointing outing (06:25) and an unforgettable moment for Alphonso Davies (23:08). Then, the guys discuss Concacaf’s World Cup qualifying draw and what it means for the USMNT (32:20). Also, another loss in El Trafico for LAFC, USMNT’s roster composition and the USWNT’s overseas exodus are looked at in #AskAlexi (48:20). Finally, Alexi caps the show with some words of wisdom as school years begin around the U.S. (1:11:18) in another remote edition of the State of the Union Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the beautiful
0:05.2	game on and off the field of the lens of red white and blue colored glasses.
0:08.5	This week we'll be talking about the Champions League Final.
0:12.1	It is done and dusted, but so much to talk about.
0:14.8	We're talking about that World Cup qualifying for the US men's national team. A little
0:18.1	more information about that. We'll be talking about NWSL and the potential exodus of players.
0:24.6	We'll be talking about El Travico, another
0:26.8	El Travico come and gone.
0:29.0	We'll talk about Ted Lasso and so much more,
0:31.2	but first joining me as always my friend my colleague my guiding
0:33.8	light David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer
0:37.7	extraordinary mossy how are you on this Monday August 24th in the year 2020.
0:45.0	I am doing well after a busy weekend of covering MLS.
0:48.0	Yes, we were back in the saddle.
0:50.0	MLS is back again, again, whatever we're calling it here.
0:55.0	Obviously the bubble down there in Orlando was done.
0:57.2	We're back with games coming basically every single day and certainly from a Fox perspective
1:02.1	we're televising them on Big Fox.
1:04.4	We had the El Trafico on Big Fox on Saturday and then we had, it wasn't the Cascadia Cup, but it still
1:11.6	was Seattle, Portland on Sundays.
1:13.2	So it's good to be back at work.
1:14.9	It's going to be back in the studio to see you and so many people in front
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