Hello Sunshine, I'm

I'm Alexa Wallace, and welcome to a special State of the Union pod

where we look at a beautiful game on and off the field to the lens of red, white,

and blue-colored glasses.

This special live pod, we will react to the just

completed US El Salvador game. A win that the US, I don't think eked is

fair to say because they were in control for certainly most of the second half

and ultimately got the win that they needed they advance to the semi-final and

I suppose everybody is happy but maybe not you know this is American

soccer we have a pension for complaining unlike the one that we did last

week this week involves my good friend and my co-host, David

are you there?

I am, how are you?

Well thank you for taking a little time out of your Monday evening to be with us here on a live

call-in show post-game I'm assuming that you just got finished watching the US look

I think just general comments off the bat, obviously in my expert opinion, winning is better than losing,

and a home win and a goal from a guy like Pepi, who we know was not involved in the World Cup but is still a

talent and certainly was you know on the fringe there that's a good thing it was a

good thing also from a coaching perspective when you make

changes and when those changes come in and provide immediate dividends and

which is what is the case when it comes to Pepi. Ultimately a win like I said not as convincing as I think a lot of people would have wanted

However, I do think that major credit needs to be given to Hugo Perez and this El Salvador team that just

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