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Hello sunshine, I'm Alexi Lolliston.

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 week we'll be talking, well, of course, USA Mexico, an epic USA-Mexico edition.

We'll be talking euros, 2020, I guess is what we're calling it.

We will be talking Copa America 2021.

We'll be talking a little bit of Gold Cup and streets of fire and all sorts of different stuff out there.

Usually I write it down, but there's just so much stuff and obviously a lot of it is focused on this

US Mexico craziness that we saw that we're gonna dig right into that but first

joining me as always my friend my colleague my guiding light David Monsee a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer,

extraordinary. Massey, how are you on this Monday, June 7th, the day after USA Mexico.

I'm doing well after a rare weekend off where I got to watch soccer strictly for pleasure

and not for work.

How does it differ when you are watching the game for pleasure as opposed to for work?

Is it, does it, how does it manifest?

Do you go someplace different?

Do you sit differently?

Do you have a computer with you or not with you or how does it change?

Well, for one I don't have former US national team players asking me annoying questions throughout the game.

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