I hate to say this, an unlikable aspect that is emerging for this team.

If you're Mauritio Poitino, do you use this first window after what happened this summer to send a message?

You are letting your insecurity relative to Major League Soccer,

infect your brain.

I would venture to say that American soccer fans out there would gnaw off their left toe,

and right toe for that matter,

for a Eddie Pope or a Landon Donovan

Hello Sunshine Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexei Lalas, and welcome to the State of the Union podcast.

We look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red, white, and blue colored glasses.

This show will be talking, well, the fall international window and the festivities that are upon us.

Pochitino's decisions, interesting decisions, Geo's saga, Isak saga,

the U.S. men's national team look next summer, public criticism,

return of leagues cup, pushing back on Pulisic, U.S. versus El-Tree,

MLS return transfer biz, the World Cup trophy, the Eastern Gate, and so much more.

But first joining us, always my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossie, a soccer

savant and a Fox Soccer researcher and writer extraordinaire.

Mossie, how are you doing on this Wednesday, August 20th in the year 2025?

I am doing well, but still all alone here in Los Angeles.

As we mentioned earlier in this week, I continue to have a summer of travel and all over the place.

I am out here again on the East Coast, will be for the foreseeable future, but you guys are

holding down the fort over there.

And, you know, we got the technology to be able to do this. So I appreciate that. See anything or read anything

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