Sargent, Aaronson, & Cardoso deliver, Who did USMNT miss most in CONCACAF Nations League?

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse recap USMNT’s weekend abroad after returning from national duty in CONCACAF Nations League. AC Milan’s struggles continued with a loss to Napoli and Santi Jimenez’s crucial missed penalty. Why was Christian Pulisic passed over for the responsibility? Weston McKennie and Tim Weah bagged their first win under new head coach Igor Tudor. Chris Richards’ side advanced to the FA Cup semifinals over Antonee Robinson and Fulham. They will take on Aston Villa next. Josh Sargent, Brenden Aaronson, and Johnny Cardoso all delivered big goals for their squads. Who will be the one to step up and transfer performances to the USMNT? Folarin Balogun and Malik Tillman also made their returns to league action for their respective clubs. (8:50) The guys dive into USMNT penalty taker power rankings, Bayern’s potential legal action against Canada, and Alexi’s trip to Park City, Utah to wrap the show. USMNT Abroad (8:50) MLS Recap: Messi scores & Vermes sacked (21:36) #AskAlexi: USMNT penalty taker power rankings (35:10) One for the Road (47:09) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.3	When Josh Sargent scores a goal, the American in me can say, hey, that's great. American scoring
0:35.2	goals, it's good, regardless of what level and where they're doing it.
0:38.2	I'm happy about that.
0:39.6	But the other part of the American in me is, okay, for me once, this is a player that has yet to be able to do this and translate this to the national team.
0:49.8	...
0:50.8	... Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollison. Welcome to the State of the Union podcast, where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses. This show will be talking Mossie's Rose Bowl tour, end of an era over there in Kansas City, Park City Stories, a new club World Cup spot, the Sergeant Problem, U.S. penalty takers, power rankings, treasure hunts, Bayern suing Canada, MLS Academy Generation, torpedo bats,
1:29.6	and so much more.
1:30.8	But first,
1:31.2	joining me as always my friend,
1:31.9	my colleague, my guiding lights,
1:33.5	David Mosse, a soccer savant
1:34.7	and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.
1:37.6	Mosey how you're doing on this Monday,
1:39.2	March 31st in the year 2025.
1:42.2	I am doing well.
1:43.1	I would be doing better if Michigan had finished off Auburn on Friday night, but we imploded
1:47.7	in the last 12 minutes and went out of the tournament.
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