{"id":106246,"date":"2025-04-11T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=106246"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:35:00","slug":"mls-kickoff-arsenals-decline-usmnt-episode-4-alexi-lalas-state-of-the-union-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=106246","title":{"rendered":"MLS kickoff, Arsenal&#8217;s decline, USMNT | EPISODE 4 | ALEXI LALAS&#8217; STATE OF THE UNION PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yOb4mheS75w?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Alexi and Mosse prepare for Major League Soccer&#8217;s upcoming season in the State of the Union (2:01) and the league&#8217;s relationship with the USMNT. In Mosse Makes the Case (11:19), Mosse explores Arsenal&#8217;s decline and whether or not Arsene Wenger should step away from the club. Also, Landon Donovan&#8217;s comments about the next USMNT coach is addressed in Ask Alexi (17:14) and the guys debut a new segment titled World Cup Update (24:10). Finally, Sepp Blatter&#8217;s endorsement for Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup headlines The Back Three (29:49).<\/p>\n<p>(2:01) State of the Union \u2014 MLS kickoff<br \/>\n(11:19) Mosse Makes the Case  \u2014 Arsenal&#8217;s decline &#038; Arsene Wenger<br \/>\n(17:14) Ask Alexi  \u2014 Landon Donovan on USMNT, Atlanta United, Champions League predictions<br \/>\n(24:10) World Cup Update \u2014 Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah and Sergio Aguero impacts<br \/>\n(29:49) The Back Three  \u2014 Sepp Blatter, Paul Pogba &#038; Man United, Jordan Morris injury<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to get the latest FOX Soccer content: http:\/\/foxs.pt\/SubscribeFOXSOCCER<\/p>\n<p>\u25baTop 50 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup\u2122 Moments: https:\/\/foxs.pt\/Top50WomensWorldCupMoments<br \/>\n\u25baBundesliga Highlights &#038; Features 2018-19: https:\/\/foxs.pt\/FOXSOCCERBundesliga1819<\/p>\n<p>About FOX Soccer:<br \/>\nWith exclusive highlights, original programming, and behind the scenes footage, FOX Soccer\u2019s YouTube channel provides the sports content that fans are hungry for. FOX Soccer presents: Bundesliga, MLS, FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, Copa America, Gold Cup and many more.<\/p>\n<p>MLS kickoff, Arsenal&#8217;s decline, USMNT | EPISODE 4 | ALEXI LALAS&#8217; STATE OF THE UNION PODCAST<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/yOb4mheS75w<\/p>\n<p>FOX Soccer<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Foxsoccer<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yOb4mheS75w\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexi and Mosse prepare for Major League Soccer&#8217;s upcoming season in the State of the Union (2:01) and the league&#8217;s relationship with the USMNT. In Mosse Makes the Case (11:19),&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":106247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}