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, of course, the Manchester United Protest, MLS B Bangers and Results, Art Theft, El Trafico, CCL, UCL,

Inter, Jesse Marsh, Shep Messing, Argo, and so much more. But first joining me, as always, my friend, my colleague,

my guiding light, David Mossy, a fox soccer researcher and writer, extraordinary, and as always, a soccer savant.

Mossy how are you doing on this Monday, May 3rd of the year 2021.

I am doing well. It's been an eventful past few days for the stat man I got

vaccinated late last week that was the good news the bad news all right well I mean

listen you don't have to virtue signal all over the place all right it doesn't make you any better or worse than anybody else out there I mean but but congratulations I guess is that what you're fishing for here would you like a congratulation

absolutely uh... okay congratulate did you get your first shot or second shot are you Absolutely. Okay, congratulating.

Did you get your first shot or second shot or you didn't leave one and one.

First dose. I got to go back May 20th for the second one.

Okay, and how did you react?

You're a young fit man. No problems.

Oh great.

We'll wait for the second one.

We'll see how that one goes.

No, that's good.

And everybody's got different ideas and opinions out there and stuff like that. I too am vaccinated and if that's

something that you feel is good, go for it. Go forth and vaccinate. It's obviously making

a dent and changing the things which is enabling us to head in the

positive direction both on and off the soccer field most importantly in life. What else, Massey?

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