Youth Development is necessary, but youth development is not sexy.

I don't watch the EPL to watch young players develop.

That happens elsewhere, and that's not the product I've been sold.

MLS has to offer an entertaining, competitive, and attractive alternative.

And the truth is, young developing an unfinished domestic talent for the most part doesn't move the needle.

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

where 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 Youth Development.

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We'll have our Mossy Makes the Case segment where Mossy will be talking about Beelsa's Outburst.

We'll be answering your questions in our hashtag

Ask Alexi segment, and I'm gonna talk a little bit

about what I would trade my soccer career for

and so much more on this podcast.

But first, as always, joining me, my me my friend my colleague my guiding light

David Mossy a soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary

Mossy how are you this week I am good after a long weekend of soccer and

football. Yes and football. The football games, the American football games. I

watched them all. I was basically live tweeting them as I became informed about the

different rules and all the narratives and the drama that was unfolded I actually

enjoyed it it was fun it was fun to to see all the different stuff that was

going did you watch the football games I did are you ready for my first rant of the

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