Group B Preview: Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Qatar, Switzerland
Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast
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🗓️ 31 May 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:20.0 | That's car to 80800. Benson Goldstein Limited is authorised and regulated by the SRA. 36% fee. You can claim free, direct to your lender via the FCA redress scheme or the financial ombudsman. Network charges may apply. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexei Lalas and welcome. The State of the Union show presented by Zillow. Someday starts today. This is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses. This episode, oh, we continue our World Cup group previews with Group B. But first, joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mosse, a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire. All right, Mosse, ready to light this candle on Group B? Let's do it. All right. What do we got? Group B includes co-host Canada, who are managed by American Jesse Marsh. It's their third World Cup. They're still seeking their first World Cup point. They've lost all six previous matches. They begin their campaign against Basin Herzegovina who are back at the World Cup |
| 1:11.0 | for the first time since 2014 |
| 1:12.5 | when they were led by Edin Jekko. They're still led by Edin Jekko. Qatar, as we know, hosted the last World Cup and went out on the group stage. We were there. They're back this time around. And then you've got Switzerland who have reached the knockout rounds of the last three World Cups, got to the quarterfinals of the euros very unlucky to go out to england so they're a solid team let's start |
| 1:30.9 | with canada how do you know you have reached the knockout rounds of the last three World Cups, got to the quarterfinals of the Euros, very unlucky to go out to England, so they're a solid team. |
| 1:30.5 | Let's start with Canada. |
| 1:31.4 | How do you see Canada as the headliner of Group B? |
| 1:33.9 | All right. |
| 1:34.4 | When we focus in on the Canucks under American Jesse Marsh, I think that he has improved |
| 1:39.7 | this team. |
| 1:41.1 | Still some major concerns when it comes to Alfonso Davies and his health and his ability to help this team. Still some major concerns when it comes to Alfonso Davies and his, uh, and his health and |
| 1:46.7 | his ability to help this team, let alone from a practical perspective on where he is going to |
| 1:51.1 | play, but he is huge, uh, you know, the Jonathan Davids and the, uh, let's see, Mbito and |
| 1:59.5 | Cornelius and, you list goes on and on. |
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