Because it was Christian Polisic, because he is in this moment where everything he touches is turning to gold. Oh, 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 color glasses this show will be talking oh with our special guest Sasha

Pulisix olimpico

Vinny junior a US soccer invasion what America is and isn't as a soccer playing nation,

barce a rolling material issue, all in the heel,

and so much more.

We're first joining me as always my friend, my colleague my guiding light,

David Mossier soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher. First joining me as always my friend my colleague my guiding light David

Mossier soccer saucca researcher and writer extraordinary

Massey how you doing on this Wednesday October 23rd in the year

2024. I am doing well Lex I don't know if you recall the first ever episode of this

podcast in February of 2018 which was produced by Fran Arthur who was in the

studio today and in that first episode I made an off-color remark referencing

the terrorist organization ISIS and Fox edited it out and ever since then trying

to figure out where that line is of what I can get away with.

On our last pod we taped on Monday, I made another joke which referenced Hitler and Stalin.

And Sean Sullivan said he was going to keep it in but then he thought better of it he edited it out.

Okay. Yeah. That line you know it over the years it goes up it goes down and we're always trying to figure out where it is and not to try to be edgy but you know the

the outtakes if you will of this show over the years would be something to behold.

But you know, we welcome Fran back in. She's wonderful, as is everybody.

And we'll see if this gets edited out on the show tomorrow morning when people are downloading it.

But have you watched anything or seen anything, my friend?

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