U.S. World Cup X Factors, Pepi on fire, the legend of Cobi Jones

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse are back with a new episode of State of the Union! In today’s episode, the pair covers Pulisic’s goal drought continuing, Pepi hitting a brace for PSV, Manchester City and Chelsea booking their spots in the FA Cup final, and some breaking news involving the Vancouver Whitecaps and a potential move to Las Vegas. In #AskAlexi, Alexi and Mosse debate if the USA should heavily alter their lineup for the first World Cup match vs Paraguay and what kind of impact this summer’s tournament will have on leagues around the world. Finally, in One for the Road, Alexi ranks his 5 biggest x-factors for the USA in the World Cup.Presented by Zillow #Zillow (0:00) Intro(4:19) U.S. Abroad: Pulisic vs McKennie(11:26) Pepi on FIRE(12:36) Alex Freeman, Joe Scally & Max Afsten rounding into form(16:58) Who will be the shock add to U.S. Roster by Pochettino?(26:23) Cobi Jones statue unveiled(33:16) #AskAlexi: U.S. WC Warmup, MLS in U.S. Starting XI & more(44:58) One For The Road: U.S. World Cup X factors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Again, I am not hitting the panic button when it comes to a Christian holistic.
0:03.8	There's been situations over the years, Massey, where we've been aghast and the angst has been there
0:09.9	because Christian Polistic isn't playing.
0:11.7	She's playing.
0:12.8	This is a good.
0:20.0	Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lalis.
0:22.1	Welcome to the State of the Union show.
0:23.8	Presented by Zillow.
0:25.2	Someday starts today.
0:26.4	This is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field
0:28.8	through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.
0:31.3	This show will be talking Policicic versus McKenny,
0:34.7	balligans streak, pepies double, the legend of Kobe
0:39.2	Jones, friendly games,
0:41.3	potential U.S. men's national team, roster
0:43.2	shocks, World Cup legacy,
0:45.5	power ballads, Hulkomania,
0:47.8	DC Tales, and so
0:49.3	much more. But first joining me as all as my friend, my colleague,
0:51.4	my guiding lights, David Moss.
0:53.4	He, a soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire. Masey, how you doing on this? What are we looking at here? Monday, April 27th in the year 2026. I'm doing well. I had a quiet weekend. I know you were at the White House correspondentist dinner, so pretty uneventful for you as well. Oh, my goodness.
1:11.4	Yes, as I mentioned last week, I took a trip over to D.C. And I had, despite, you know, the craziness,
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