Hello all you state of the union listeners this is Alexi Lollis before we start the show I wanted to tell you about our brand new Fox Sports app and website

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Now let's start the show.

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 about M.L.S. is back and the Sweet 16 that is upon us and happening right now.

The de boar firing out there in Atlanta

and what that means for Atlanta United.

Angel City, making the scene. We'll be talking about the octagon or the octagonal or the

octa or whatever we're going to call it. We'll figure out what we're going to call this when it comes to the

qualification process for the US men's national team and all of Kankakaf for the next World Cup.

We'll talk about the end of what has been the longest season to date.

We'll talk about Mbape and Zlatan and so much more, but first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer saucca saucy, a soccer saucy, a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire. Mossie, how are you, how are you on this?

What are we looking at here?

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