Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Laus 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.

This episode will be talking the U.S. men's national team Sext Tet, dual nationals, Canadian dysfunction,

Tatas return, Cuban fashion, Matt Turner's bombs, Matildas, and so much more.

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

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

Mossy how you doing on this Thursday morning, June 29th, and we are recording at 745 AM.

I am doing well. You know I am neat deep in a summer tournament when you start to get unshaven mossy for some of these

pods.

Look at you, you just, you don't scrub, you don't, but we got you up early.

We wanted to make sure we got this pod out, but we wanted to do it after the US played.

Like we said we're recording this on a Thursday morning.

Now you evidently you take some sleep aids is that true?

I take sleeping pills which leave me groggy in the morning and I told you this pod is being

taped so early that I'm still coming out of my groggyness so you might get a loopy mossy today.

Now are these prescription pills or are these stuff you get at the drug store that just kind of stuff I get to the drug

stone you out yeah okay and you do them every single night yes are you supposed to do that

are you yeah no these are fine ZZ z z z z z z zi quill all right well listen if you if you

not out throughout the pod it's okay I'll just kick you underneath the

uh underneath the underneath the table have you watched anything or seen anything worthy of

mentioned here on the State of the Union podcast? No, but you brought up something

yesterday to me that has me intrigued. Okay. There is an outdoor mall called the Century City Mall, which is right next to the Fox Sports Studios.

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