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Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

MLS Opening week recap, Sargent remains unstoppable, USWNT tops Colombia & Australia

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

FOX Sports

Soccer, News, Sports, Sports News

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse dive into Major League Soccer’s opening week. It was an electric start for San Diego FC as they took down the reigning MLS Cup Champions. Bruce Arena’s debut with San Jose was also unforgettable, topping Salt Lake 4-0. Additionally, Alexi breaks down the infamous playing out of the back and giveaway goals we continued to see this weekend. Over in Europe, Josh Sargent remained unstoppable in the Championship. He earned a brace against Stoke City and recorded his 20th goal at home in 23 matches. AC Milan’s struggles continued in Serie A as Christian Pulisic missed his first career penalty kick. To cap off the weekend, the guys discussed the USWNT’s SheBelieves performance and back-to-back wins among many international debuts. (6:30) To wrap the show, Alexi and Mosse chat about MLS expansion options, two-tiered pro/rel system or east and west split divisions. The guys send best wishes to former USMNT goalkeeper Tony Meola as he recovers from a heart attack. (37:01) MLS Opening weekend recap (6:30) CONCACAF Champions Cup Preview (17:13) USMNT Abroad (19:55) UCL Round of 16 (30:35) SheBelieves Cup (33:46) #AskAlexi (37:01) One for the Road: Best wishes to Tony Meola (43:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Playing out of the back has now become a disease or a virus.

0:06.0

And I am begging someone to come up with a cure or a vaccine.

0:43.1

I'm going to. Hello, Constance, and watch for all of some world in the State of the Union podcast.

0:46.7

When we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.

0:50.2

This show will be talking, MLS kicking off 2025.

0:53.6

Let's see, San Diego announcing their presence with authority. They call him Bruce. Atlanta

0:56.1

size matters. Messy clawback, she believes, geostarting, polistic missing, sergeant scoring,

1:02.7

the disease of playing out of the back, thin mince, De Niro, Miola, MLS expansion, and so much more.

1:09.1

But first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light,

1:11.8

David Mossier, a soccer savant, and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.

1:17.3

I'll see how you doing on this Monday, February 24th in the year 2025.

1:22.1

I'm doing well adjusting to yet another home for us.

1:24.8

I feel like NYCFC.

1:26.4

Yes.

1:26.8

For those that watch the pod, you will very

1:29.3

quickly notice that we are in yet another room, if you will. I have worked and you have worked

1:36.2

in this room over the years. You behind the camera, me in front of the cameras. We've done plenty of

1:40.6

shows from here. But as we said before, the continued constructions, actually

1:45.3

going on right next door of one of our major studios, has meant that we have had to clear out

1:49.8

of our digital studios to accommodate the mucky mucks when it comes to some of the folks that are

1:54.0

on air. But I don't know. I think this is going to work great for us. It looks wonderful.

1:58.4

You look wonderful. My friend, have you watched anything interesting?

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