Hello,

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

to the lens of red, white, and blue-colored glasses.

This episode will be talking,

well, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for American soccer.

Man City, the juggernaut that it is, the TST 7-7 tournament, the Saudi

plan, Zlatan, Lasso, messy, 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.

Massey how you doing on this Monday, June 5th in the year

2023.

I am doing well although it's been pointed out to me on Twitter that I always respond to

that question by saying doing well so I need to come up with a different phrase to

mix it up. Well first off you should never live your life by what happens on Twitter.

I've learned that over the years.

Secondly, you should never apologize for actually having good days

and consecutive and consistent good days and consecutive

and consistent good days.

While it makes you unique and rare relative

to maybe other people out there,

you know, count your lucky stars, my friend. There are a lot of people out there that wish they could be as happy and positive as you and I don't think you say it flippantly I don't think you generally are having good days you have a you have a life, my friend, don't you think?

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