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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

USMNT is Almost in the World Cup: Pulisic’s Masterclass vs. Panama

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Sports, News, Sports News, Soccer

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse breakdown the last USMNT World Cup Qualifying games vs. Mexico, Panama, and look at why the U.S. has pretty much qualified ahead to the Costa Rica game (5:40). Later the guys take a look at the rest of the world including Italy’s failure to qualify to the World Cup, CONMEBOL as well as CAF qualifying, and look ahead toward the World Cup draw (29:52). Later we answered your questions about why this Mexico team is so bad, Joe-Max Moore, and if Alexi Would ever go on Hot Ones in #AskAlexi (45:10). Finally Alexi caps the show with a look at Gregg Berhalter’s successful World Cup Qualifying campaign and why the USMNT head coach deserves more respect (1:01:43). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union

0:04.3

podcast. We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of

0:07.6

red white and blue colored glasses. This week, well obviously we'll be talking

0:11.6

about the US men's national team which has finally

0:14.7

returned to the World Cup. We've qualified for the World Cup as far as I'm concerned and we'll be talking a whole lot about that

0:20.9

and much more because there's all sorts of stuff going on over there.

0:24.1

But first, joining me, oh you know him.

0:27.4

You love him, right?

0:28.4

What?

0:29.4

You least know him, right?

0:31.2

My friend, my colleague, my guiding light,

0:34.4

David Mossy.

0:35.0

A soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer

0:37.0

extraordinary.

0:37.8

Mossy, how are you on this beautiful Monday morning, March 28th

0:42.0

in the year 2022? I wake up here in the wilds of Florida

0:46.2

with the knowledge that my US men's national team has qualified for the World Cup

0:52.1

my friend.

0:53.0

Well, it might be beautiful where you are.

0:54.6

It is raining in Los Angeles today,

0:56.5

so not so beautiful in my neck of the woods.

0:59.2

I am glad we are doing this podcast remotely

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