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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse react to the BIG U.S. Soccer news as they got you covered with all the soccer content that you need! Lalas and Mosse first talk about U.S. Soccer appointing Oguchi Onyewu as Vice President of Sporting and debate what this means for USMNT, USWNT moving forward. Continuing within the American theme, the duo react to the U-20 USMNT World Cup roster being released and analyze whether players such as Paxten Aaronson should have been left out of the squad. They also make sure to preview the top MLS games this weekend such as L.A. Galaxy playing against the San Jose Earthquakes. Moving over to Europe, Lalas and Mosse recap the Champions League matches that occurred and preview the top games coming in the weekend such as Arsenal vs. Brighton & Manchester City vs. Everton. To wrap up the show, the duo debate soccer disrespect within the United States and Lalas reacts to the news of NYCFC building a brand new stadium in the coming years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lallis and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.
0:03.7	We look at the beautiful game on and off the field with the lens of red white and blue colored glasses.
0:07.8	This episode will be talking Champions League, Club versus Country, the Soccer Lobby,
0:13.3	what is a VP of sporting, the art of changing teams,
0:16.8	and so much more.
0:17.6	But first joining me, as always, my friend, my colleague,
0:19.5	my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer saucy, a soccer researcher and writer extraordinary!
0:27.0	Mossy, how you doing on this Thursday, May 11th, 2023? I am doing well. We were both on assignment today. We are. I come to
0:38.2	you from our nation's capital here in DC. The soccer lobby is hard at work. Myself and the great Carly Lloyd spent
0:47.7	yesterday and part of today running around and meeting with both sides of the aisle and talking up the
0:56.9	the Women's World Cup and everything that we at Fox are doing and so I mean look
1:01.8	that soccer that in American soccer lobby it is very very powerful entity and it can it can influence which is a which is a good thing and you're and you're over there in New York right?
1:14.3	I am in New York visiting the parents. I've been here for a couple days
1:18.3	fun times already. On Tuesday we hung out in Midtown Manhattan and my father and I went to a soccer pub to watch the Real Madrid Manchester City game which we're going to talk about on this pod.
1:29.0	And then Wednesday we spent the day in Brooklyn walked around prospect park etc
1:34.4	across the Brooklyn Bridge so fun times already and lots more to cook.
1:39.2	Did you watch anything? Have you been watching anything? I know you said you were going to go
1:42.4	to a show at a certain point, but anything on your radar?
1:46.0	We do have tickets to a Broadway show, Leopoldstadt, and game seven, Nick's Heat, is still a possibility because the Knicks last night won game five they're down
1:53.7	three two so they have to win in Miami game six I know I have not watched the latest
1:58.0	episode of Ted Lasso but I've come to realize that my positive reviews of season three of that show has me really zigging while everybody else is
2:06.4	zagging because every time I looked at on my phone I see an article lamb-based in season
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