USMNT October Roster Instant Reaction

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The USMNT October roster is here and Alexi Lalas, Stu Holden & David Mosse break it all down. From Christian Pulisic’s red-hot form at AC Milan to Haji Wright’s goal surge in the Championship, we dive into the biggest snubs and storylines ahead of friendlies vs. Ecuador and Australia. Alexi, Mosse, and Stu debate whether Mauricio Pochettino’s latest squad is built for a back three or back four, and what the absences of Sergiño Dest, Ricardo Pepi, Yunus Musah, and Tyler Adams mean for World Cup prep. We highlight rising stars like Diego Luna, Patrick Agyemang, and Tanner Tessmann while asking: is this the best Pochettino roster so far? Plus, we react to the unveiling of the adidas FIFA World Cup 2026 official match ball, the TRIONDA, and rank the greatest FIFA World Cup balls of all time. Keepers: Four on the roster? (6:15)Backline: Back Three or Four? (8:33)Midfield: No Musah? (15:37)Forwards: Who starts up top? (22:25)Pochettino press conference quotes (26:38)TRIONDA reveal (39:52) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think this is Maricio Bochitjitino's best roster that he has put together since he has taken over the job.
0:07.0	All that Maricio Pochititino was hired for, all that he has been paid these millions of millions of dollars to do is to have a successful team come next summer.
0:16.6	That is all I want him thinking about.
0:19.0	That is all I want him focused on. That is all I want him focused on.
0:21.4	That's all you should be talking about.
0:22.9	Don't talk about a project.
0:24.1	I don't want to hear about a project.
0:25.8	Come on.
0:26.1	I don't want to hear about a project.
0:27.6	Get out of me.
0:28.6	We actually have a ball reveal.
0:32.6	Ooh.
0:32.9	Woo!
0:33.6	We're a...
0:35.6	...whipa. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollison. Welcome to the State of the Union podcast. Where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field
0:55.5	through the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.
0:58.1	This is a special live show reaction to the just-dropped U.S. men's national team roster
1:03.1	for the upcoming international window with games against Ecuador and Australia.
1:07.8	As a reminder, the 26 World Cup kicks off in 252 days. But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, the great David Mossie. Mossie, what day is today? Let's see here. Thursday, October 2nd in the year 2025. How you doing, my friend? And look, we have brought back Stu Holden with this.
1:28.7	Massey, though, I'm going to go to you first.
1:46.3	Oftentimes I go to our guest, but he's been our guest so many times. I'll go to you. How are you doing, my friend? Stu, we were just here. We taped the pod yesterday, the three of us and John Strong, breaking down the Americans and the Champions League, many of whom ended up on this roster today. So a busy week for us, and it's good to be with you again, Stuart.
1:46.3	It's exciting. I think we've been waiting for... Champions League, many of whom ended up on this roster today. So a busy week for us, and it's good to be with you again, Stuart.
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