Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexi Lollis, 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 week we'll be talking statues. We'll be talking, of course, the U. the US men's national team as they gear up

for this next window of three games in World Cup qualifying. We'll take a real quick

lap around Europe for a round up there. True detective, high school soccer, water skiing 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 are you doing on this Wednesday, October 6th?

And before you answer, if you are, you know, if you are watching this when it comes to our podcast here you will

recognize very very quickly that something is different we are both on the

road I come to you from the great city of Austin, Texas and my good friend

David Mossy is over there in New York visiting his family. How you doing my friend?

I am doing great. I was thinking about this in the nearly four year history of this

podcast if you remove the Moscow and Paris shows that we did when we were covering

World Cups in those places this might be the first time that you and I are in

different places but both not in LA.

Yeah, I mean, so we both kind of called some audibles, you see like that American football

reference there, it's that type of week though. You said, hey,

listen, I'm going to go visit my family, which is great. I'm so happy that you get a

chance to see them, especially in these times that we live in.

I can see your, where are you in your old house, where you grew up?

That is correct in my dad's office.

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