We've also seen Sergino Dest has had very serious injuries.

It is a big loss, but I think it is a loss that this team under Coach Pochitino can withstand.

If the World Cup starts this March, you go out there with your starting 11 for the World Cup.

And I think that Flo Balligan starts the first game.

And unless he sucks, you don't make a change.

And even if he does suck, you still don't make a change.

I'm not looking for platooning.

... Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lalas, and welcome for the State of the Union podcast, presented by Zillow.

Someday starts today. As always, we're looking at the beautiful game on and off the field for the lens of red, white,

and blue-colored glasses.

This show will be talking, oh yeah, flow is rolling, peppy is banging, desk, scare,

MLS kids, Milan Derby, soccer movies, skiing, Weston versus Christian, March window decisions,

Wrexham, Burrhalter, Morocco, and so much more. But first joining us all is my friend,

my colleague, my guiding lights, David Mossie, a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer

Extraordidire. Mossie, how are you doing on this? What are we looking at here? Monday, March 9th in the year 2026.

I'm doing well. I would be doing better if the Knicks had shown up yesterday. I attended the Nix Lakers game at Crypto Arena. The Nix got blasted. They're now 0-2 this season with me in attendance because I also attended a Knicks Sixers game at

MSG in December when I was visiting my parents. They lost that. And I'm going to tempt

fate tonight by going to the Intuit Dome to watch the Knicks play the Clippers. Now, is this

Nick's team supposed to be better than we are seeing here or what? Do they are? No, they're having

a pretty good season. but this was disappointing because

they had beaten the Lakers with LeBron James recently at MSG, and they lost to the Lakers who were

minus LeBron James for this one. Wow. When you go to one of these games, we were talking off

...