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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

Charlotte FC Breaks MLS Attendance Records: A Milestone for American Soccer

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

The guys kick off the podcast with a look at Charlotte FC's record breaking home debut, Seattle Sounders rocky start to the season, and Carlos Vela's injury in LAFC's game vs. Portland (2:54). Then we shift focus to CONCACAF Champions League and make our picks for which MLS and Liga MX teams we expect to move on to the next round (31:21). Later, the guys give their thoughts on the tragic Queretaro Atlas brawl and reflect on what it could mean for the future of Liga MX (35:53). We then take a trip around Europe to cover all of the biggest news stories including Jess Marsch's Ted Lasso comments, Weston McKennie's injury update, John Brooks' future in the Bundesliga, and so much more (42:03). We answered your questions about Gio Reyna, Brazil's World Cup squads and TV/movie scores in #AskAlexi (1:11:27). Finally we end with Alexi's one for the road and an anecdote from Mosse about Michigan Basketball (1:34:17). What We've Been Watching: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Killing Eve My Brilliant Friend Pharma Bro Downfall: The Case Against Boeing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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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 through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.

0:08.7

This week we'll be talking Charlotte, MLS Rapup,

0:13.0

Pharma, Rana, Garber,

0:15.0

Mossy Stardum, Brazil,

0:18.0

Tuche, dead poets, Vela, Hope Herrera,

0:21.0

Liga Max, Marsh, Boeing, and so much more. But first joining me, as always, the aforementioned, David

0:27.2

Massey, my colleague and my guiding light. He is a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer

0:32.4

Extraordinare. Mossy, how are you on? soccer researcher and writer extraordinary.

0:33.8

Mossy, how are you on this Monday, March 7th in the year 2022?

0:39.8

Doing well after a hectic weekend in which we covered an m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m got ready to do a game last night so yeah it's fun filled week we'll talk about those

0:54.0

games and some of the stuff that happened did you uh... do you watch anything interesting

0:57.9

my friend

0:59.4

well i'm actually way behind on my TV watching because I was working this weekend so I need to get

1:05.4

caught up over the next couple of nights I've fallen behind on Maisel I've

1:09.3

fallen behind on Killing Eve I didn't get to watch the premiere of this HBO show

1:14.8

Winning Time on the start of the Lakers Dynasty which I do want to watch.

1:18.1

Yes. Tonight we're taping this on a Monday morning I've got my brilliant friend

1:23.7

I've got the Gilded Age so lots for me to watch. What's for you out there? I got a couple

1:27.8

recommendations. One I think it came out last year but I'm just watching it

1:32.0

now because I think it's on

1:35.4

on Netflix now called Farmabro about the Martin Screlly dude the dude that

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