Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union

podcast where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the

lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses. This week we'll be talking the

MLS Supporters Shield situation going on some EPL

ridiculousness in the best sense of the word.

Zlatan keeps Zlatan a potential 2023 men's world cup question mark

derbies fatal vision and so much more 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 extraordinary

Mossy how are you doing on this we were recording Monday October 19th in the year 2020. I am doing well and I have a

little story to tell. Ooh that's always good for a show that requires content.

Lay it on me, my friend.

Last Wednesday, I achieved, I don't want to exaggerate here,

but probably the greatest feat in the history of mankind.

Wow, if it's all, that's it.

You've run your course then.

But let me hear how, what the pinnacle is here.

My buddy Jordan and I took a little adventure.

We walked from Santa Monica to downtown LA and back which for those of you unfamiliar with the geography there

That's about a five hour walk one way and then on the way back because you're tired your pace

slows down it was more than a six hour walk back there were a couple stops for

food along the way so ended up being in a full day activity we left early in the

morning came back late at night it was just

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