We do things differently in America, not simply to be different, but because American soccer lives,

breathe and grows within a country and culture unlike anywhere else. I'm proud of the unique

American soccer culture we've created. It's passionate, diverse, and I'd argue more

educated than any soccer culture in the world simply out of necessity.

Hello, Sunshine, and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the beautiful

game through the lens of red, white white and blue colored glasses.

We've come to you yet again from Russia

here at the World Cup, and we are recording this

on July 4th.

Independence Day, happy birthday, to what I feel is the greatest country in the world.

We will have a small celebration here in Moscow with all of our staff and crew and friends and whatever family is here to celebrate that.

But before we talk about that, let me bring in my friend, my colleague, a Fox writer and researcher extraordinary, my guiding light, David

Mossy.

David Mossy, happy 4th of July, how are you, my friend?

I am good.

Very much enjoying our second day off of the tournament. I'm back at the hotel now but had an eventual morning

went down to Red Square. I went and saw Lennon's tomb. I also went inside St. Basil's Cathedral. I had lunch down there,

walked around quite a bit, and now as you mentioned I'm gearing up for this big party

we have tonight. So you said you saw Lenin's tomb.

Lenin would be for our younger audience that may not know?

Well, he essentially the orchestra of the Russian Revolution 1917 and the Bolsheviks. the this path to communism. So yeah he's a revered figure I mean you see monuments to him all

over the city and one of the big tourist attractions is to see actually his tomb and

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