Yerconclinsman didn't accept responsibility or apologize for his part in the

epic failure to qualify and as expected this did not go over well. We want our

pound of flesh we We want contrition, humility, and

accountability, but just because something fails doesn't mean it's a mistake.

Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollison and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the beautiful

game on and off the field for the lens of red white and blue colored glasses.

As you heard, we'll be talking about the re-emergence of Jurgen-Clinsman from the Wilderness.

We'll have our Mossy-Makes-The-Case segment.

We'll be answering your questions in our Ask-Alexi segment.

We'll continue with our World Cup Dates segment and so much more.

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

colleague my guiding light David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer

researcher and writer extraordinaire mr. Mossy, how are you?

I am good, another Brazil Jersey today.

As you can probably figure out, I am running out of other options.

This was the 1998 World Cup Jersey.

There's only four stars on it.

What happened in 1998?

Refreshed my memories back in the 1900s.

So I know I was there, but I've lost the final to France, 3-0.

That was the famous Ronaldo episode where he had a seizure

and ended up playing Zadon with two goals and allegedly had a seizure right?

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