USMNT Gold Cup X-Factors + Mexico Survives DR Scare

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Mexico holds off a historic Dominican Republic rally in a wild 3-2 Gold Cup tournament opener! Alexi Lalas and David Mosse break down all the drama—from Edson Álvarez’s opening header to Raul Jiménez’s clinical finish and the Dominican Republic’s first-ever Gold Cup goal.Plus, we turn the page to tomorrow’s big USMNT clash with Trinidad and Tobago. Alexi reveals the three players who will make or break the United States’ Gold Cup run, and we unpack the latest comments from Mauricio Pochettino and Jesse Marsch on Christian Pulisic’s decision to sit out the international window.Stick around for predictions, throwback to the 2021 Gold Cup champs, and a look ahead to Group D matchups. It’s chaos, controversy, and CONCACAF—just how we like it. Intro (0:00)Mexico vs Dominican Republic Recap (4:46)Boost of The Game: Santi Giménez to Raul Jiménez (8:40)USMNT Opens Gold Cup Run with Trinidad and Tobago (11:20)Mauricio Pochettino & Jesse Marsch Latest Thoughts (18:58)U.S. Players to Make or Break USMNT Gold Cup Performance (21:23) Presented by Yerba Madre #ComeToLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Navarado, it's going to find Sante Jimenez, now going to find Raul Jimenez.
0:06.0	Took Mexico, 44 minutes in the first half, takes them less than 30 seconds in the second half.
0:13.0	The second half. Hello, sunshine.
0:33.9	Welcome to the State of the Union, presented by Yerba Madre, the boost you need
0:38.5	when you want to win.
0:39.8	Drink Yerba Madre come to life.
0:42.5	I'm Alexi Lalas, and this is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field with
0:46.3	the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.
0:48.3	This show is live, as it will be throughout the Gold Cup following each day of action.
0:52.9	We will be recapping day one today, which featured Mexico versus the Dominican Republic.
0:58.3	And we'll preview what's coming up on Sunday and after Sunday when the U.S. starts group play
1:03.8	versus Trinidad and Tobaywa.
1:04.8	First joining me, as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossie, a soccer
1:09.0	savant and a Fox Soccer Research and writer, Extraordinary!
1:12.4	Mossie, how you doing on this Saturday, June 14th in the year 2025? We ride again, my friend.
1:17.7	I'm doing well. Another summer of potting with you during a major tournament.
1:21.4	We have found when we do these tournaments and we do this consistent day in, day out type of thing, that we,
1:29.2	number one, we get more people into the state of the union tent. Number two, people love it
1:34.8	because in a tournament, we're here to provide the information that sometimes you can't get
1:39.3	because you're, you know, whether it's work or you're traveling around, but a tournament is day
1:43.3	after day after day after day. And I recognize that not everybody is there day after day after day. So these little pods,
1:48.1	whether you're listening to them live or whether you're listening to them after the fact,
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