USMNT Falls to Türkiye, McGlynn Shines, and Could Pochettino Leave for Spurs?

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse react LIVE to the USMNT’s 2-1 loss to Türkiye, breaking down debut performances from Matt Freese and Alex Freeman, Jack McGlynn’s first-minute stunner, and Johnny Cardoso’s costly mistake. They also dive into Tyler Adams’ second-half leadership and post-match takeaways. Plus, could Mauricio Pochettino really leave the USMNT for Tottenham? The guys wrap up with a preview of Tuesday’s match vs. Switzerland, a look ahead to Gold Cup group play, and the latest headlines from the Nations League and CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers. Intro (0:00) Instant Reactions (1:33) Tyler Adams Brings 2nd Half Spark (13:22) Pochettino to Spurs? (21:02) International Window Recap (25:13) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	People are fed up with this team, that there is an angst relative to this team.
0:34.2	And I don't think, there are positives from this day, from this day and from this 90
0:38.5	minutes, but I don't see everybody suddenly turning a new leaf and completely changing their
0:43.2	belief and their confidence relative to that performance for a number of different reasons,
0:47.6	not the least of which at the end of the day, you lost. And more importantly, I think for a
0:52.3	leader like Tyler Adams to kind of not acknowledge that
0:55.8	they got a whole lot of more work to do to win back fans.
1:00.3	You know, Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lalas, and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.
1:22.5	We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.
1:26.4	This is a special live pod coming to you postgame with a reaction to the USA versus Turkey A friendly that finished a few hours ago.
1:36.4	One to two, a loss for the U.S. men's national team.
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