When we see this Panama team play and play so poorly, it's natural to imagine what could have been.

I hope the U.S. men's national team players are watching. It should hurt badly. I hope that it's a pain

that doesn't go away. Hello sunshine and welcome to State of the Union

podcast. I am Alexi Lawless and this is the

podcast where we look at soccer through the lens of red white and blue colored

glasses. This is a change in format because we are coming to you from Russia. Yes, we continue on with this

incredible World Cup. This will be a abbreviated State of the Union so segments

like Massey makes the case and

ask Alexi will be back once again when we are state side but until then we

continue on with this incredible World Cup and before we go further I have to introduce my friend

David Mossy we are in different places so you have to bear with us when it comes to the audio and the fact that we are not in the same room because we are off doing different things in different places as we work this world cup.

David Massey, how are you?

I'm good.

The grind isn't getting to me at all.

I am fresh as a daisy still.

I, on the other hand, come to you from bed. I am laying in bed. I have lost count as I said last week of the days.

Dates mean absolutely nothing.

It is all blended into one,

although as we talk to you right now,

we wake up on the first day that does not have at least three games. We are on to the

simultaneous kickoff times and therefore our schedule lightens up a little bit, but we have made it through, and last time I checked, I did

31 games in a row, of the 32 games, I did have one game off at one point, but we are still three weeks away from the actual final.

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