Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Wallace and 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, I mean we'll be talking

US men's national team.

We'll also do some other stuff around the world

and some stuff that we've watched.

But first, as always, joining me, my friend, my colleague,

my guiding light, David Mossier soccer savantvant and a fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary.

Massey, how are you on this Monday, March 21st in the year,

2022?

I am doing well after what I must confess was a very enjoyable weekend of basketball.

Yeah the the tournaments happening right? Correct. And so you spent much of your time watching all of the basketball teams play right?

Yes so on Saturday Michigan defeated Tennessee to Grand City Sweet 16 and then on

Sunday I hit for the Schodden-Froyd Grand Slam.

Okay. I got to watch in succession.

Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin all lose.

So... I saw some of it because I was out and about and you can't help but see it and I was at a little

N. C. Double A party with my good friend Rob Stone at one point and his

uh his Colgate red rate oh not the red raiders just the raiders now

or not the long of the red raiders the raiders were evidently in the tournament

my wreckers obviously bombed out in the play-in game, so my wrecker Scarlet Knights,

so it was not, they were not long for the tournament.

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