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, well, of course, MLS All-Star, because it isl-s all-star week but we'll go through all the happenings

uh... for the most regular season over the last week we'll be talking lasso of course

uh... e p p l a liga Syria, all sorts of stuff going on over in Europe.

The top 10 leagues in the world according to those of us here in the State of the Union.

Let's see what else. John Adams turning up the AC

the reasons for all of this incredible US talent when it comes to the men's side

which is something new for us, water skiing 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.

Massey, how are you on this Monday, August 23rd in the year 2021?

I am doing very, very well.

Last week, I made my dramatic return to movie theaters for the first time since the pandemic started.

I went twice to movie theaters last week.

To an actual movie theater and how was that experience my friend I've forgotten what that is what what was it like was it eerie was it

you know riding a bike it was a little bit eerie I must confess but I enjoyed it

I went to see Stillwater which is this Matt

Damon film which is causing some controversy it's inspired by the Amanda Knox

story do you remember that whole deal That American student who was accused of

murder in Italy and so essentially Matt Damon plays the father of an American girl who, while studying in Marseille, they moved it from Italy to France,

while studying Marseille was arrested for murder under somewhat questionable

circumstances and is in prison and he goes over there and he's trying to free her and I really enjoyed this film I know a man the Knox is not happy about it because I don't want to spoil it but the movie concludes in such a way that might cast doubt on her acquittal.

But nevertheless...

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