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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

Will Lionel Messi come to MLS & USMNT dealing with key injuries! | SOTU

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse react to the BIG Lionel Messi news as they got you covered with all the soccer content that you need! Lalas and Mosse dive into reports that Lionel Messi won't return to PSG next season. Will Messi come to MLS? Has MLS earned enough CREDIBILITY to attract Messi? The Duo debate where Lionel Messi should go to for his future club. Moving back domestically, Lalas and Mosse recap LAFC's impressive victory over Philadelphia Union in the CONCACAF Champions League. They also makes sure to preview the top MLS games this weekend such as Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City. Continuing with the American theme, Lalas and Mosse analyze Cameron Carter-Vickers' injury and question which USMNT defender will step up in the wake of Tim Ream, Carter-Vickers' absence. Moving to Europe, they break down the top games this weekend such as Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg and react to the Premier League title competition between Arsenal and Manchester City. To wrap up the show Lalas and Mosse analyze how much MLS has improved over the years and why ex-players going into front office positions within soccer clubs is a good thing! 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

0:05.0

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

0:08.0

red, white, and blue-colored glasses. This episode will be talking

0:10.7

MLS versus Premier League. How much has American soccer actually improved?

0:15.4

The latest club valuations, Big Sam, Moby Dick again, and much more. But first joining me as always,

0:21.5

my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer

0:24.8

savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary!

0:30.2

Massey, how you doing on this? What are we looking at here?

0:32.2

Wednesday, May 3rd,

0:34.0

2023.

0:35.0

I am doing well on a special day for the State of the Union podcast because it is the

0:39.7

birthday of our beloved director, Aaron Schechchter she turns 24.

0:44.0

She is incredible by the way.

0:46.0

We're gonna lose her because she's so good.

0:48.0

Somebody's gonna come along and pluck her up and take her onto bigger and better things.

0:53.5

But until then, we will celebrate everything that she does in terms of her performance at work,

1:00.0

but more importantly, just a wonderful individual.

1:02.2

Happy, happy birthday.

1:03.8

I'm so glad that she's able to celebrate this birthday

1:06.2

and that things are looking so rosy for her,

1:09.5

whether it comes to work or off-stage, shall we say. So happy birthday Aaron, she's wonderful and just another

1:17.2

wonderful person that we have working behind the scenes to, Maassee, let's be honest, do everything

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