It is our job to analyze and to scrutinize this roster, which is the closest.

We are going to come to what this World Cup team is going to look like.

But there's also every chance we might get rolled against Portugal and Belgium.

And you're going to come on here again and say, Pontchino needs to get fired for something crazy.

How dare you ask for perspective?

Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollison. Welcome to the State of the Union podcast presented by Zillow.

Someday starts today.

This is where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.

Oh yes, this show, it is special. It is live as we react to the U.S. men's national team roster that has

just dropped for the upcoming games versus Portugal and Belgium. But first, joining me as

all as my friend, my colleague, my guiding lights, David Mawcier, a soccer savant and a Fox

soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire. Also joining us today, oh yes, special guests

galore and the voices of soccer on Fox. The voices you will hear

again this summer as we bring you the World Cup, the great John Strong and Stu Holden. Welcome,

gentlemen. Oh, we got a party. We got a party. This is good. Out of hibernation, my friend,

I'm sure you've written a couple soccer manifestos as you come out of the wilderness getting

ready for this summer.

I was talking to Stu the other day about what is upon us here.

But before we talk about this summer, we'll talk a little bit about this summer.

Let's just get right into it because I haven't heard from you for a while.

No, what it has?

I know, exactly. All right, well, then tell us from that hibernation, all right, from the woods,

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