Is NYCFC the Best Team in MLS? Carli Lloyd Retires, Harry Kane’s Manchester City situation, Christian Pulisic/Chelsea, David Ochoa commits to Mexico

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Alexi and Mosse open the show with the latest MLS news which includes, a recap of Sunday’s Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders rivalry game, an explanation of where NYCFC ranks in Alexi’s Top 5 MLS teams, Atlanta United’s new coaching hire Gonzalo Pineda, and NYRB’s struggle for relevancy (08:40). They then look at the Leagues Cup competition and question the lineup choices SKC head coach Peter Vermes made in his 6-1 defeat vs. Leon at the Leagues Cup. Then the guys move to Concacaf Champions League to breakdown Philadelphia Union’s loss to America and answer the age old question, will we ever see an MLS team win the competition (33:03). We then run through all of the European soccer news, Pulisic’s goal at Chelsea, Joe Scally’s Bundesliga debut, Messi’s PSG saga, and so much more in the European Roundup (44:12). Questions about how the USMNT’s style of play in the Gold Cup and Nation’s League left fans concerned about the future of the team, David Ochoa’s decision to commit to Mexico, and what the soccer equivalent of the Field of Dreams baseball game would be are all answered in #AskAlexi (1:00:53). Finally, Alexi ends the show with a celebration of Carli Lloyd’s decorated career as she announces her retirement from soccer in another remote edition of the State of the Union Podcast (1:18:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollison and Will.
0:03.0	For the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field
0:06.8	through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses. This week we'll be talking
0:11.2	all sorts of MLS action the return of the European leagues
0:16.0	uh let's see some more Ted Lasso let's see malice at the palace water skiing and so
0:22.1	much more but first joining me as always my friend my
0:24.6	colleague my guiding light David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and
0:28.7	writer extraordinary mossy how are you on this Monday, August 16th in the year 2021?
0:35.0	I am doing well, but I'm warning you.
0:37.0	If you give me a hard time during this podcast, the next time I see, I'm going to come after you like
0:41.6	Ron Artest did that distance fan.
0:45.0	Oh my goodness.
0:46.0	All right, should we get into it?
0:47.0	Because I didn't mention it on the pod last week because I think I watched it after,
0:52.0	but I did tweet about it and my goodness I got a lot of well more
0:56.3	than usual angry responses about my assessment of the new documentary on I think it's Netflix right is it
1:03.4	Netflix so correct
1:04.9	malice at the palace and that what that refers to is the palace of Auburn
1:10.1	hills a well it was a a story type of venue.
1:14.0	Actually, I went to the palace at Auburn Hills many, many times,
1:18.0	actually I think I saw the second ever event there,
1:21.0	which would have been David Lee Roth on his solo tour with Poison opening up.
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