USWNT vs Brazil Preview, Christian Pulisic hot start, transfer window news

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse react to the USWNT advancing to the 2024 Olympics Gold Medal Match. In another extra time battle, Sophia Smith put the United States on top 1-0. Naomi Girma and Alyssa Naeher also had spectacular performances in the match. They will face Marta and Brazil, for a rematch of the 2004 and 2008 Gold Medal matches. On the Men’s side, France takes on Spain for the Gold in a heavy weight battle. (5:10)The Leagues Cup Round of 32 kicks off this week, with 21 MLS teams and 11 Liga MX teams advancing. MLS also has some recent developments this transfer window, Marco Reus is set to join LA Galaxy through 2025. Also in Europe, Atletico Madrid gets a big pick up with Julian Alvarez, and Dani Olmo agrees to a six year contract with Barcelona. The Spanish squad also got the win on Tuesday in their preseason match against AC Milan. Christian Pulisic is off to a hot start with a goal and assist on the match. (24:59)To wrap the show, the guys discuss USMNT coaching search, players faking injuries, Olympics match attendance, and the politics of soccer. (39:13)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2024-08-08 64 min

Available Results

Generated results are saved to the knowledge database for reuse and search.

No generated results are available for this episode yet.

Extract Knowledge

Pick what you want extracted first. Model, scope, and chapter options appear after a template is selected.

Generated results for public episodes are saved to the knowledge database so they can be reused and searched later.

Transcript

No transcript is available for this episode yet.
Sign in to generate a transcript for review.
Sign in

Chapters

No chapters available.