If you try to please everyone, you may end up pleasing no one at all.

The U.S. team still does not have a permanent coach.

It languishes in stasis.

Christian Polisic seems to be pleading this week saying,

quote, I just want to see a guy with a plan, end quote.

We all do Christian.

U.S. soccer is taking the time to get it right.

That's admirable, but needless.

We don't have to agree with the decisions, but they have to be made.

Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast,

when we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red white

and blue colored glasses as you heard we'll be talking about the US

men's national team state of purgatory we'll have our mossy makes the case

segment we'll be answering your questions in our ask Alexi segment and so much more but first as always

joining me my friend my colleague my guiding light David Mossy a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer

extraordinary how are you moss? I am good. I am wearing a Brazil

Jersey today. Now a week from today on our next podcast, there are two possibilities. I will

either be wearing a Michigan football jersey or I won't be here because I will have jumped off a bridge.

Yes, your Wolverines are playing against the Buckeyes of Ohio State, which eat one out against Maryland.

See, I know what's going on I saw this right? Ohio State's

not very good defensively you guys should roll over there's no possible way that

your Wolverines can possibly contrive to lose against this horrible Buckeye team this year, right?

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