Hello, Suncemy I'm Alexin Ours and welcome to the State of the Union Highway.

When we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red,

white and blue-colored vests, this week we'll be talking, well, the Champions League

Round Up, lobbying, the Open Cup, Tukul. We'll be talking well the Champions League round up lobbying the open cup Tuckoo

Clop Dossa Sero great rivalries and so much more but first joining me as always

My friend my colleague and my gining like David Moss Mossy, a soccer savant, and a fox soccer researcher

and writer extraordinary.

Massey, how are you doing on this?

What do we like?

We got Thursday, September 8th.

This is obviously our second show of the week and there's all sorts of stuff to talk about.

How you doing my friend?

Doing well and good to see you face to face.

Welcome back to Los Angeles.

Thank you as we mentioned in the pod earlier this week.

I was off to our nation's capital over there in Washington DC. the And two was also to catch the US women's game, the second game in that series against Nigeria.

And not just another win for the US, but after the US Women's National Team had a ceremony on the

field where they signed this new CBA that was obviously the talk for the last couple of years. on the

field where they signed this new CBA that was obviously the talk for the last couple of years and the source of all sorts of drama, off-field drama.

And so finally it has come to fruition and everybody's Kumbaya and getting together and we hope that first off

Congratulations on signing that which provides equity relative to the men's team and onward and

upward we hope that

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