Look, the Beckham signing was a seminal moment for the Galaxy, MLS and American

soccer.

However, he is not the Galaxy player that deserves the unique honor of being the first

to be immortalized in the form of a

statue outside the stadium. A more appropriate candidate would be a Kobe Jones, a

Mauricio San Fuegos or a Landen Donovan.

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 about the Beckham statue. We will have our

Massey Makes the Case segment, and Massey is going to be talking about dual nationals.

And we will also have our Ask Alexi segment. We're talking about this Latin and Americans in Italy 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 extraordinaire. How are you, Massey?

I am good.

We are taping this on a Monday afternoon coming off one of the

greatest television productions I've ever been a part of.

It was a privilege.

What are you possibly referring to?

Well, let's see.

Explain to the people what you're, because I'm not going to do it.

We've just covered the Nuremberg Barusia Dortman

Bunice League of Match, and Alexi Lala served as our host today.

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