I hope that Maricio Poitititino is not sleeping tonight.

I hope that his staff is not sleeping tonight.

I hope that not just the players that are there right now in camp,

but the players that are home aren't sleeping tonight.

I hope that there's not fear, but I hope that they aren't feel the pressure.

Hello, sunshine. I'm Alexi-Lawks, and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.

We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.

This is a special live show following the, well, it has to be said, the 0-24 embarrassment of a loss from the U.S. men's national team against Switzerland, which just concluded a couple minutes ago. But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding

light, David Mossy, a soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.

Mossie, greetings. Good evening. I am on one side of the country. You are on the other side of the country, but, uh, there's nothing lost in translation or time zone after what we just witnessed. We are not going to go through every single player. We will mention a little bit, but I think we want to kind of keep it big picture relative to this game, but also big picture in terms of what

this means and where we're going. For those that don't know, and you should know, we are

basically a year away from the World Cup, and we have just lost four games in a row. Quick

thoughts, Monty. You're in New York. I am in L.A. and I feel very sorry for people who were in Nashville tonight,

because, as you said, the first half in particular was the most embarrassing 45 minutes

in a very long time for the U.S. national team. It's the sort of game that I thought this country

was passed. Switzerland didn't even get out of game that I thought this country was passed.

Switzerland didn't even get out of second gear, and they absolutely toyed with the U.S.

So obviously not the way that you want to go into a gold cup this summer.

Yeah, so major changes from Pocitino in terms of this lineup, but it didn't change much in terms of the,

obviously, the opportunities that were afforded the other team and oftentimes gifted the other

team. There still is concerns when it comes to Matt Turner. On some of the goals, I don't think

he could have done anything on, but certainly on one, he's had to do better. And when you're under a microscope like he is for not playing,

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