Our first stump must.

All right, hold on.

We're getting a ruling here.

Oh, now I definitely want the opposite way.

Are you kidding me?

Is La Miniamal the second coming of Messi?

This was the moment and this is the changing of the guard, if you will.

This is the pathway that players need to take.

Do the job from a club perspective.

Hope that you get recognized by the national team and the national

team coach, and if and when they pull you in and give you an opportunity, grab it with both hands.

In fairness to this generation, they deserve the 2026 World Cup to ultimately be assessed. Hello, Sunshine.

I'm Alexey Lalas, 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 show will be talking Champions League craziness, Vancouver Cap'n, Yamalbysm, Stump the Mossie, Hall of Fame Inductions, comparing the U.S. men's national team current with the past, prosthetics, Burrhalter, Pam and Tommy, and so much more.

But first, joining me as always my friend, my colleague, my guiding lights, David Monsie,

a soccer savant, and a Fox Soccer Research on Writer, extraordinaire.

Moussi, how are you doing on this Thursday, May 1st in the year 2025?

I'm doing well. John Marcus directing today's pod, Did you catch that nifty camera move at the open?

Yeah. For those that do watch this show, and I know there's a lot of you out there, we are adding some more bells and whistles.

As this little enterprise continues to grow, we talk all the time how we started in basically a closet.

Oh, those seven, eight years ago, whatever it was.

And now we're in beautiful studios with lighting and audio and incredible camera moves.

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