Naeher & Hayes named FIFA Award winners, Pulisic vs Robinson for USMNT Player of the Year

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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Soccer, News, Sports, Sports News

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Special guest Stu Holden joins Alexi Lalas for the annual end of the year awards. The USWNT are among many of the FIFA Award nominees, including Emma Hayes winning Coach of the Year and Alyssa Naeher named Keeper of the Year. Vinicius Jr also tops Rodri this time around and is named Best Men’s Player. The guys also hand out a few SOTU Awards for Goal of the Year, Game of the Year, and more. Over in Europe, Christian Pulisic, Yunus Musah, and Tim Weah are out for this weekend's matchups. However, Gio Reyna looks to keep his form for Dortmund as they travel to Wolfsburg. (8:05) To wrap the show, the guys answer questions on Musah and Pulisic’s USMNT positions compared to AC Milan, and golden goals returning in MLS or international soccer. Rutgers and Clemson legends, Lalas and Holden, dive into the importance of collegiate soccer as a pathway to professional soccer. (46:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.9	And yeah, that's the end of the script.
0:29.9	You and I play pickup soccer.
0:31.7	I go a thousand miles an hour.
0:33.2	Oh, what a picture is right there on the field.
0:35.8	Oh, my goodness.
1:10.3	Music I want to kick your right there on the field. Oh, my goodness. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lalas, and welcome to the State of the Union podcast,
1:10.8	where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white and blue color glasses. This show
1:14.6	will be talking, uh, Polisic's best position, whamam exclamation point mark, whatever,
1:20.4	uh, our 2024 SOTU awards, Weston at left back, college soccer conundrum. Golden goal. What the hell's a catamount?
1:29.8	Student of the game shrinking and so much more. But first joining me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light.
1:35.7	David Moss. Hold on. Hold everything. Oh, ho. Oh my goodness. Stu Holden just can't keep away. He is back and he is gracing us with his presence and we welcome him back.
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