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I find myself here, as the year is ending, being much more positive, still cautiously optimistic,

but much more positive that we are heading

in a better direction. When he first started, there was, at least from the outside, and certainly

the way I felt, a madness to what he was doing. I'm not saying that I have complete clarity right now

or that I agree with everything, but I do think that I have a much, I'm much more confident

that there is a method to the madness going forward. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollison. Welcome.

State of the Union podcast. We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.

This show will be taking a look back at 2025 and I'll look forward at

26. The good, the bad, the ugly, some hopes, some dreams, maybe some predictions as we head

into what could be the most important year in U.S. soccer history. And we'll talk a whole lot more

about some other stuff here too. But first joining me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light,

David Mossy, a soccer savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.

Mossie, how you doing on this Monday, December 29th in the year 2025,

our last state of the union before we turn the corner into 2026.

I'm doing well. We're both via Zoom today,

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