Hello, Sunchry. I'm Alexi Lollis, and welcome to the 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 talking, well, the U.S. men's national team post-mortem a few days after.

El Tree, Dest again, Brazil, Pie Wars, Hallmark, Emma Cleaning House under 17, under 23 euros,

MLS playoffs, FIFA rankings, giving thanks

and so much more.

But first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague,

my guiding light, David Mossier a soccer

savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary

Maussi how you doing on this what are we looking at Wednesday

November 22nd in the year 2023.

I'm doing well and adjusting to a new location.

Yes, for those that watch the show, you will see us in yet another one of our sets

because this is a work in progress.

We've told you about the fifth floor and all of the incredible stuff that we have going on

up here.

Multiple sets, but we also have a desk that many of that have watched the show

over the years have seen us behind.

That evidently was a remnant of, thankfully a bygone time, which was the COVID era era and it was actually I'm told a desk that was

made to accommodate the you know the restrictions at the time in terms of

distancing.

And so we have new desks coming in

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