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

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, ooh, the problem with youth development.

I guess that's a question mark.

MLS Roundup, the Guns of Navarone,

European League Roundup, Tukle, Dest, Arteta, O'Lae,

World Cup near misses, Lasso, U.S. wins national team, bullies, the Starling,

as Tecca Stadium, wings, water skiing, and so much more.

But first joining me, as always, my friend, my colleague, my my guiding light David Mossy a soccer

savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary how are you doing

mossy on this Monday September 27th in the year 2021.

Doing well after my wolverines survived a catastrophic second half against your scarlet

knights so I'm very relieved to come out with a W.

Well, for those that didn't watch, and I don't know why you wouldn't watch,

my Scarlet Knights of Rutgers took on your Wolverines of University of Michigan in the college football

matchup and I have to say and not everybody knows I am certainly not a

an expert when it comes to the game of football. I think we let one get away. I think we let you

off the hook as the Wolverines. Now I was talking to my friend Rob Stone

last night and he says we actually did Fox a favor in doing that because now your

Wolverines continue to be for and oh and we have the Wolverines coming up on our

air and everything.

So we never let it be said that the Rutgers Scarlet Knights weren't benevolent and

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