For a guy that I have a lot of time for when it comes to Tyler Adams,

I thought that this was a strangely immature and naive and weak kind of take.

I actually got a chance to talk to Matt Turner after the game.

My sleeper pick for the 2026 Ballondor, Gior Raina.

No, I'm kidding. I just want to annoy some of our listeners.

Wow. No, I'm kidding. I just want to annoy some of our listeners. Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Laotl 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 show, we'll be talking some Tyler Adams ridiculousness, some wrecks, some hate. Oh, my goodness. A Rev's reunion, Sun debut, 30 years on when it comes to MLS, VAR challenges,

audio books, Richards, silverware, ballon to ore, and so much more.

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

A soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.

Massey, how do you doing on this Monday, August 11th in the year 2025? I'm doing well. I am holding down the fort in Los Angeles. Yes, for those that watch and more

and more people do watch, my friend. You can see that I am not in the studio. So you are holding

down the fort over there with all of the wonderful men and women that we have making us look good. I come to you from the, well, today,

the wilds of Connecticut, but I've made my way through New York and up to Boston for that

doing a revolution reunion. I'll talk about that in a second. Made my way down to the wilds of

Western Massachusetts. And like I said, I'm here in Connecticut. Tomorrow I'm heading down to D.C.

Then back up to New York. So a real East Coast swing.

That's terrific. I look forward to hearing more about it throughout the show.

Have you watched anything or read anything or seen anything that you want the folks to know?

My parents are actually visiting me. They're at the Century City Mall as we speak, waiting for me to finish this taping. It's been a fun few days with them.

Loads of activities. We went to the Peterson Automotive Museum. We also went on a tour of

the Dohini Mansion. We learned all about Edward Dohini, this oil tycoon, who was the inspiration

for the Daniel Day Lewis character and there will be blood. We've got a couple other things planned.

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