Hello, Sunshon. I'm Alexi Lawless 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 episode will be talking well

MLS is back 2023 baby. Let's see what else Manchester United winning trophies again Apple TV

moo-o-o-o-here in Paris rain in, and so much more.

But first joining me as always, my friend, my colleague,

my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer savant,

and a fox soccer researcher and writer, extraordinary.

Mossy, how are you doing on this Monday, February 27th in the year 2023?

I am doing well, but I am very jealous because you my friend are currently at my favorite city in the world.

Paris is your favorite city really? Yes. Oh interesting. Yeah it's it's been

wonderful obviously we were here a couple years ago for the the Women's World Cup. That was the I think that yeah, but this is the last time I was here. I've even gone to a couple of our old haunts around here. Obviously that was during the summer, so this is during the winter and it is it is cold but it is still beautiful my friend

Nothing has changed relative to the beauty and the romance

Wonderful food wonderful time for those that are just tuning in and didn't get our last episode.

I am here as a guest of FIFA,

part of the Legends program coming in

for their annual FIFA Best Awards and that event will happen here in a couple

of hours. You can see me, I'm already dressed up and ready to go if you are watching the

podcast and so yeah it's going to be fun.

Already running to a bunch of people including a bunch of people that you know from

American perspective the great Carly Lloyd's here Heather O'Reilly's here ran into Jill Ellis she's here, Heather O'Reilly's here, ran into Jill Ellis, she's here.

Again, I had a wonderful conversation, and if you remember from, I don't know, a couple of years ago,

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