STATE OF THE UNION: Bruce Arena on issues with U.S. Soccer & MLS, are we worried about Pochettino heading back to Europe?

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION FEED TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! APPLE SPOTIFY Can’t get enough coverage from Fox Sports? Check out Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast for in-depth coverage of all the biggest news in American soccer and abroad! Bruce Arena joins the show! Alexi Lalas and David Mosse welcome the legendary coach to discuss his time with the San Jose Earthquakes and share his thoughts on U.S. Soccer and the current USMNT roster. Speaking of our National team, Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah continue their push for the Coppa Italia with AC Milan and prepare for a clash with fellow American Gianluca Busio and Venezia. Chris Richards is set for a big FA Cup semifinal against Aston Villa, while Brenden Aaronson and Leeds book their Premier League promotion following Burnley’s win over Sheffield United. Also this week, the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals continue as Vancouver gets ready to host Lionel Messi and company on Thursday. To close out the show, Alexi and Mosse explore Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.'s potential international future, compare current MLS talent to Peter Nowak’s era, and the art of the deal with Away Days. Bruce Arena joins the Pod (6:39) USMNT Abroad (33:32) CONCACAF Champions Cup/MLS Preview (44:53) #AskAlexi: Ronaldo Jr., MLS talent vs Peter Nowak (51:56) One for the Road (61:25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's not going to be parody anymore.
0:01.8	There's going to be a wide gap from the into Miami's of the world to the San Jose earthquakes.
0:07.2	I don't think promotion and relegation will work in our league for some time.
0:13.4	Who would have thought we'd have players playing at Milan, Ventis,
0:17.8	some of the biggest clubs in the world.
0:25.6	And our league's going to grow where our league is going to be one day as good as the top leagues in the world.
0:26.5	I have calls now from agents and clubs of very elite players around the world.
0:33.0	And they're all talking about coming in 2026.
0:51.2	I'm goingi Lalas and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.
0:55.3	We're looking at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.
0:59.1	This show will be talking, they call him Bruce.
1:02.7	Oh, yeah.
1:03.5	Let's see, some Syria-a title race talk.
1:06.7	CCC, Conca Calf Champions Cup, Art of the Jersey deal, Rinaldo Jr., gone girls, MLS playmakers,
1:14.8	Mossie's reach, and so much more. But first joining as always my friend, my colleague,
1:19.0	my guiding light, David Mossie, a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer,
1:23.4	extraordinary. Mossie, how you doing on this Wednesday, April 23rd in the year 2025?
1:30.1	And for those that are watching, you can see. And maybe if you're listening, you can hear,
1:34.4	I come to you remotely from upstate New York. Mosse, how you doing, my man?
1:39.3	I'm doing well. And for those of you watching us, I am rocking a Porto jersey today. I wore Bingfika on Monday.
1:46.3	These are the two jerseys that my parents brought back from me from their trip to Portugal.
1:51.2	But I am lonely in the studio today, my friend.
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