Special Edition: Former NFL star & World Cup Tonight Analyst Chad Johnson joins the show

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse are joined by their new coworker, Chad Johnson, to delve into his past and how he became such a huge soccer fan. Who are his favorite players, which clubs does he root for, and what was it like to pursue a professional soccer career? The guys also have a few World Cup predictions before comparing World Cup squads to their NFL counterparts. Is the USA a dark horse? Chad Johnson certainly thinks so. Don't worry, we dive into his FIFA playing career as well... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:02.0	I'm Alexi Lallison.
0:03.0	Welcome to the State of the Union Podcast.
0:05.0	Well, we look at the beautiful game on and off the field
0:08.0	through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.
0:10.0	This is a very special edition of the State of the Union because we have a very special guest.
0:15.0	The great Chad Johnson, you know him. You might know him as Ochosinko from back in the day.
0:20.0	You might know him as one of the great NFL players, but what you might not know,
0:24.4	David Mossy joining me here, is that Chad Johnson is a huge soccer player and a huge soccer fan.
0:30.9	He has been his entire life, and I guess most importantly in all of these things,
0:35.5	Mossi, that Chad has done. He is now going to be able to check off that box and say that he has worked
0:41.4	with the great David Mossi and myself and all of our team at Fox because we have just announced that he will be joining our team in our coverage on Fox in November, December at the World Cup. Welcome, Chad.
0:53.4	And we're gonna call you Chad, right?
0:55.0	Yeah, yeah, Chad.
0:55.6	Over the years, the name has gone here and there.
0:58.8	What about Javon?
0:59.4	Can I call you, you?
1:00.2	You can, that'd be nice because I never
1:02.0	lay it my middle name before.
1:03.8	Well I looked it up I did my research.
1:05.5	I'm going to call you Jubon the entire World Cup and just we're going to screw with everybody.
1:08.8	I like it. I like it.
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