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Learn more at vertexinck.com. Hello, hello and welcome everybody to The Total Soccer Show.

My name is Taylor Rockwell.

Today, we've got six U.S. soccer-centric listener questions to answer.

We're talking best hairstyles, Jesse Marsh's strengths and weaknesses,

best Americans in the Premier League, and much, much more.

To do so, to answer those, I'm joined by two friends.

Up first, Amanda, who, if I am understanding his update correctly, owns a laminating machine. It's Joe Lowry. Joe, is that the premise behind the new back-heeled column, different thicknesses, different glosses, that sort of thing? You know, we're getting really into laminating this year, Taylor. I think it's satisfying. You know, it's a good way to protect,

protect,

excuse me,

I talk for a living.

My office supplies,

and, really into laminating this year, Taylor, I think it's satisfying. You know, it's a good way to protect, protect, excuse me, I talk for a living. My office supplies, write any sort of paper that you need, no, that's not really what we're doing. Nor do I own a laminator, but Anthony Precourt, it seems like, does, because he laminated a set of predictions from folks all around the MLS media landscape last year surrounding Austin FC season,

where we were all wrong about how good Austin FC were going to be.

So congrats to them retroactively.

But we do have a regular column on Backfield now with predictions every week that's called laminated.

So I might not own one, Taylor, but at least someone does.

I mean, Anthony Bricourt owning a laminating machine feels on brand.

I appreciate that he went alphabetical.

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