Inside the Rise of Sebastian Berhalter: USMNT Dreams, MLS Domination, & Favorite World Cup Memories

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Vancouver’s Sebastian Berhalter joins Alexi Lalas to talk about his breakout season, Whitecaps red-hot form, and his dreams of a USMNT call-up. He opens up about growing up in a soccer family, learning from his dad and former USMNT head coach, and how living abroad changed his view of representing the United States. Plus, he discusses how the Reyna situation impacted his family, Brian White’s form, new USMNT jerseys, and favorite soccer memories. Intro (0:00)MLS Rise (1:58)Vancouver in the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final (8:53)USMNT call up hopes (13:29)Rapid Fire: USMNT kits & best soccer memories (23:36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lalas, and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.
0:21.5	You know, on the State of the Union, we've talked about and have tried to do some things in terms of adding more
0:28.1	content on your feed. And so this is a special interview podcast. And we also talked about
0:34.8	wanting to get some of these young up-and-coming stars on the State of the Union.
0:39.5	And we certainly did that with what you're about to hear.
0:42.7	The great Sebastian Burrhulter agreed to come on in the State of the Union.
0:46.1	You obviously recognize that name in terms of soccer and his father, Greg Berhulter,
0:52.3	as the coach of the national team.
0:53.5	And we talked to him about a lot of different things, not the least of which is how great it is going for him up in Vancouver with the white caps from an MLS perspective, so great from an individual perspective that a lot of people are talking about him as a possible call-up when it comes to this summer.
1:07.7	We'll find out about that in a few weeks when the Gold Cup roster
1:11.2	is dropped. But without further ado, Sebastian Burholter.
1:15.4	Hey, Harry. Hello, mate.
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1:45.6	All right, Sebastian Matthew Berhalter, 24 years old, 5-9 allegedly.
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