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, well, the U.S. men's national team, I guess a year-end look back, look ahead, also to 2022.

Some MLS moves that are happening.

VAR, as always, Clop, Super Nation League, if you will, the soccer clock, college soccer, and so much more.

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

soccer savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary.

Mossy, how are you on this December 21st in the year 2021.

Doing well, I am coming to you from Fort Lauderdale

where I'm spending the holidays with my parents.

It's pretty amazing because we are once again doing this remotely because we have both traveled.

I thought I was going to be in Los Angeles, but I find myself basically about a half an hour up the road from you in Florida.

So we are both, we flew 3,000 miles to both be in Florida to record remotely

half a half an hour away from each other.

But it's, well well we will make it work

enjoying it so far it's not it's not the greatest weather yet for southern Florida

but hopefully it'll improve although I've seen some forecasts. Well there was one highlight already I arrived last night and immediately went to dinner at a

Greek restaurant and we ordered chicken wings at an appetizer.

And Alexi, I have to tell you,

it was the best chicken wings I've ever eaten in my life.

If you were served these,

it would change your whole outlook.

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