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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The MLS season has provided plenty of surprises as Alexi Lalas and David Mosse have you covered with all the soccer content that you need! Lalas and Mosse first recap the CONCACAF Champions League matches, which feature games such as LAFC's first-leg victory over Vancouver. Moving over to the MLS, Lalas gives his tiers between "good," "average," and "bad" for MLS Eastern and Western conference teams such as the L.A. Galaxy. Continuing with the American theme, Lalas and Mosse preview USWNT's matchup against Ireland this weekend and whether USWNT must win this game ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Lalas and Mosse also make sure to preview the top games in Europe this weekend such as Dortmund vs. Union Berlin and Frank Lampard's Chelsea vs. Wolves. To wrap up the show, Lalas analyzes why the USMNT managerial process has been a slow one and whether Lionel Messi would want to join the MLS amid competition from Saudi Arabia and LaLiga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast.
0:04.4	When we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.
0:08.6	This episode will be talking the MLS Tears Resuffle, Kincacaf Champions League, Chichorito,
0:14.8	Lampard, the U.S. Women's National Team Warmup,
0:17.4	the U.S. men's national team Stasis, Open Cup, Messy Millions,
0:21.3	maybe a little politics, and so much more.
0:23.6	But first joining me, as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light.
0:27.2	David Massey, a soccer savant, and a fox soccer researcher and writer,
0:30.4	extraordinary! Macy, how you doing on this Thursday, April 6th in the year 2023?
0:37.0	I'm doing well, holding down the fort here in LA while you are still in Florida.
0:42.0	I am still here in the great state of Florida having a wonderful time.
0:46.4	I will be back next week for all of our shows and all of our content, but this has been good. You know,
0:52.1	Massey, I've talked about my knee surgery and everything and basically what happened is a couple years ago my knee broke down on me and that what I found out was my running, which I did every single day, obviously in Southern California, was the way that I was getting my son and therefore my vitamin.
1:11.0	And so for two years not going out and running and basically doing
1:15.2	the stationary bike the peloton type of thing I had not been getting the
1:19.6	vitamin from the sun that I needed my doctor looked at my blood work which I get done every year and said, hey, you know, you really need to figure out something to do here.
1:28.0	While I'm down here in Florida, I've gotten plenty of sun. I don't like to get a lot of sun being the redhead that I am but it was nice to get that coursing through my veins, but I will be back this weekend. And I know you spent a lot of time here in Florida. It's been very, very cool. People here have been wonderful and the weather to be quite honest has been phenomenal.
1:45.0	Good to hear. You need to take care of yourself. We need you healthy for this podcast.
1:50.0	Oh, I am ready. I am healthy. Don't you worry about me.
1:53.2	Okay, so, let's see here.
1:55.2	Um, did you watch anything?
1:56.5	Another episode of Ted Lasso, which I enjoyed, and this Friday night I am going to see... It's going well? It's going well
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