100 days out from the World Cup.

And it's going to come like that.

And I can't wait.

We have a, what I think is going to be an incredible summer in store for us,

both on and off the field.

I think it's going to be a wonderful celebration of the game of the countries.

There is stuff that we can predict.

There's a lot of stuff that we can't predict.

This party is coming.

So you better be ready.

We will be ready from the State of the Union perspective.

We're going to be. Hello, Sunshine. We are 100 days from the World Cup. I am Alexi Lalas and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.

Presented by Zillow, Someday starts today. As always, we will look at the beautiful game through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses. And on this episode, oh, yeah, we're going to chat with U.S. men's national team legend Brian McBride. We're also going to say Tim Riem versus Banks. Who you got? U.S. projected starting 11, power rankings in terms of the top 10 teams in the world, and so much more. But first first, join me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding lights, David Mossie, a soccer, savant, and a Fox Soccer, researcher, and writer extraordinaire. Massey, how you doing, my friend? I'm doing well. It's good to have you back on this state of the union. Our thanks again to Stu Holden for filling in last week. Wonderful, wonderful time out there in D.C. Thank you to, Stu. As always, you guys did a wonderful job. You were my entertainment coming back on the plane, so it was really interesting

to hear you guys what you were talking about. I had a wonderful time out in D.C. I saw my mother,

which is awesome, but also had the privilege of going to the state of the union.

I think every American, regardless of your political party or affiliation, should get the chance

to go to it. I think you have either a renewed or a new sense of appreciation and pride for the

history and the ritual and all the stuff that

goes on. So I had a really, really good time. Thank you to Darren LaHood out of the great state

of Illinois for inviting me. And it was amazing. Everybody that I've ever seen in the political

realm on television was there. And so it's not like, you know, a award show or a Super Bowl or something like that. It is basically their Super Bowl. And you look at people and say, that person's taller than I thought that person's, you know, different than I thought. Anyway, wonderful, wonderful time. But we are 100 days out, my friend. Does it feel like we're 100 days out?

It feels real.

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