USMNT dominates Uruguay 5-1 | Match Reaction

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Soccer, News, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse are back with a new episode of State of the Union! In this episode, Alexi and Mosse break down the USMNT’s DOMINANT 5-1 win over Uruguay and some fiery comments made by manager Mauricio Pochettino in the buildup to the match. We ask such questions as where does this big win leave the USMNT going into the new year, what players stood out the most, and should our “regular” starters be worried? Around the globe, 42 of the 48 teams for next summer’s World Cup are set and Alexi and Mosse react to some major wins by Erling Haaland and Norway, Ireland and Scotland plus major drama in CONCACAF. In #AskAlexi, the USMNT’s potential geographic path to the World Cup final is discussed and in One for the Road, Alexi recounts his trip to Tampa to watch the USMNT run rampant on Uruguay. Intro (0:00)USMNT Recap: MLS runs riot over Uruguay (5:39)Pochettino's fiery comments: (21:56)WCQ Recap: 42 out of 48 teams set (31:50)#AskAlexi: Who has benefited most under Poch? (43:22) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	A lot of places in that starting 11 are wide open right now.
0:04.0	Whether the Euro snobs like it or not, there are seven or eight MLS players that are going to have an important role to play at this World Cup.
0:10.0	Do think that that group is not only going to make the 26-man roster,
0:15.0	but they are going to find a way to play a role.
0:19.0	He hears the criticism, and he certainly heard that there was criticism,
0:23.6	even if it might have been fair,
0:25.5	and it almost ignited him
0:27.1	as much as it has ignited this team.
0:29.0	Let's be realistic and do the impossible.
0:31.3	That's what we're going on.
0:32.5	I love that.
0:33.2	Print the T-shirts, my friend.
0:34.4	Hashtag the crap out of that.
0:53.7	We're... print the t-shirts my friend hashtag the crap out of that hello sunshine i'm like to. Welcome to the State of the Union podcast.
0:56.1	We look at the beautiful game, on and off the field to the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.
1:00.5	This show, oh, we'll be talking. U.S. men's national team flying.
1:04.6	American Revolution, World Cup qualifying drama.
1:08.1	The 42 out of the 48 that are in and the ones that are out, Tampa,
1:13.2	feisty poach, World Cup Pathways, my wife, Moonstruck, and so much more.
1:18.8	But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding lights, David Mossie,
1:21.8	a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer, Extraordity!
1:25.1	Mossie, how are you doing on this? What are we looking at here? Wednesday, November 19th in the year 2025. I'm doing well. I'm still buzzing over a great American victory. I'm talking, of course, about the Battle of Trenton in 1776. Jeez. All right, so you're knee-deep in the American Revolution documentary, the new Ken Burns thing, right?
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 17 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FOX Sports, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FOX Sports and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.