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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse welcome the new week with soccer as they got you covered with all the content that you need! Lalas and Mosse first recap the big MLS games this past weekend such as Nashville SC's victory over Atlanta United and Minnesota United FC's draw against FC Dallas. The duo also make sure to break down the CONCACAF Champions League games this week between LAFC vs. Philadelphia Union and Tigres vs. Leon. Moving over to Europe, Lalas and Mosse break down the top games this past weekend such as Leeds United's loss against Bournemouth and Dortmund's draw against Bochum. On the subject of Leeds United, they debate whether Leeds United has gotten worse without Jesse Marsch and if Weston McKennie made a mistake joining them on loan. To wrap up the show, Lalas and Mosse debate whether Sporting Kansas City needs to fire Peter Vermes and Lalas reacts to Giannis Antetokounmpo's comments on failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast.
0:04.3	When we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue
0:07.1	colored glasses, this episode will be talking, well, an MLS review, the spursiest of spurs, coaches hot seat, pizza, Ken Burns, salary caps, soccer
0:16.9	hair, soccer hair, soccer hair, not hail, soccer hair,
0:19.1	soccer hair, failures, and so much more.
0:21.5	But first joining me as always my friend my colleague my guiding light
0:24.4	David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary
0:29.5	Mossy how you doing
0:35.0	very well, excited to be here to recap an action-packed weekend.
0:38.0	You look good, all sorts of stuff going on before we get to that.
0:40.0	Did you watch anything or read anything or do anything particularly
0:43.4	noteworthy this weekend I was in the presence of a man who over the years has
0:47.8	contributed to this what are we watching segment really I went to a Ken Burns lecture at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. It was absolutely fascinating. He talked about all his different documentaries. He talked about how he chooses his subjects, the process of making them, and he spoke very eloquently about the importance of understanding history. It was terrific.
1:08.6	Yeah. Anything controversial? Did he get into anything? Anything political or anything memorable when it comes to the stuff that you say? Anything inflammatory?
1:18.0	Not really, but he did reveal a couple of documentaries he has coming up which I'm very excited for one on the
1:24.8	American Revolution and another on Leonardo da Vinci.
1:27.8	Ooh I like it I mean look he does a wonderful do you have a favorite over the cannon there I think the Civil War one is
1:35.3	considered his masterpiece I did love the Vietnam War one as well I mean he's so good in that in that genre that you know the way he does it has become an art in it of itself and
1:48.4	duplicated and replicated at different times so wonderful wonderful. All right, cool.
1:52.9	I think he's coming to the South Bay where I lived down there too,
1:55.8	I guess it would be to perform,
1:57.0	even though you're just giving a talk.
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