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Peel, sip, collect. Welcome to this episode of Kennedy saves the world. And today we are going to save the beautiful game. It is something that I love dearly. It is near to my heart. Almost every kid in the United States plays soccer.

I don't know why it's not the most popular sport in the country.

It is throughout the world as it should be.

And we are on the precipice of the World Cup.

And for people who only like soccer every four years,

I do not judge you.

I embrace your fickle love.

And joining me today, probably the greatest legend in American soccer, Alexi Lawless is here.

Oh, thank you. Thank you for having me. You can allow me just a fanboy a little bit here?

Oh, please. I love you. I love everything that you do. We watch you on a consistent basis in my household and that you even thought to have me upstairs. I was downstairs. We'll talk about that in a second. I just came upstairs. And I immediately said, yes, I have to do this. Please. Thank you. This is so fantastic. I was on Hollywood Squares with you. Gosh, probably like 15 years ago. Long time ago. Yeah. Long time ago. And so, and I was a big fan of yours then. As you know, I named my daughter Paley because, you know, soccer. The love of soccer runs throughout my family. So it's for people who don't know a lot about the men's team, you know, we always get excited about the women's team. We want the men's team to do well. Didn't have much to cheer for four years ago. How is it different this time around? So you mentioned four years ago, the U.S. men's team did not qualify for Russia. It was the biggest failure in U.S. soccer history as far as I'm concerned. And yet, that step back has enabled us to kind of take two steps forward.

So this November and December in Qatar, when you are watching that World Cup, whether you're a,

you know, a huge soccer fan or to your point, you're just coming along every four years,

I think that this team and this specific collection of players with the talent that they have,

yes, they're inexperienced and young, but incredible

depth. I think that they will woo you. I think that they will make you believe again, if you

will. So I am incredibly bullish about this team. A reminder, oral cup, you are in group play,

round robin type of things. So the U.S. has England, you know, perennial power, elite type of team, Iran,

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