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Orlando City B came from behind on the road but still wasted multiple good opportunities in a 1-1 road draw against Crown Legacy. The Young Lions then dropped their second straight penalty shootout, earning just a single point for the second week in a row. We opened this week's show with a brief discussion about a team that seems to be struggling on offense a bit. From there, we pivot into discuss...

Orlando City B is anything but predictable. Sunday night, after a lengthy weather delay, the Young Lions looked ready to concede on any number of occasions. They finally did, but then they bounced back to take a second-half lead (seemingly their favorite game script), and just when they were moments away from a win in a huge Eastern Conference matchup against the Columbus Crew, they conceded off a...

We went from a short show last week to a marathon this week, as we had a lot of ground to cover and a special guest! We're joined this week by The Mane Land senior columnist Ben Miller, giving us three in the booth for the first time in a while. We opened the show with a brief discussion of the report out of Europe that Orlando is in play for AC Milan and Mexican international forward Santiago Gim...

Orlando City B is the lone team still playing through the World Cup and by golly we're going to reward them for that by talking about the Young Lions. This week, they took to the road to face Huntsville City in Alabama and brought all three points back with them after a 2-1 comeback win. For the second straight game, the Young Lions started the game a bit lethargically and fell behind. But OCB is...

Orlando City is still off for the World Cup break, but OCB is not. We open this week's show with a little-longer-than-usual look at the Young Lions' 3-2 comeback win over Carolina Core FC on Sunday. It wasn't easy, and it certainly wasn't OCB's best performance of the year, but the job ultimately got done. We discuss the lethargic start, the red card/penalty that changed everything, and a second h...

With Orlando City off until mid-July, we start this week's show with a brief discussion of the United States Men's National Team's friendly win over Senegal on Sunday. Former Lion Alex Freeman continues to impress at the international level, and the U.S. was able to hang with a good African side despite blowing a lead and changing most of the squad at halftime. It may not mean much for the World C...

Orlando City should just stay home for road games. The Lions' latest massacre took place Saturday in Cincinnati. They started the match well, pressing aggressively and taking an early lead, but then the tired legs and lack of rotation began to show and it got worse throughout the match with the brief exception of Martin Ojeda tying the game early in the second half. From that point on, it was just...

Orlando City bounced back from conceding late in a 1-1 draw against Atlanta United at home to crush Atlanta United 4-1 at home. The rematch between the Eastern Conference rivals turned into a rout as the Lions built a 4-0 halftime lead and saw the match out in the second half to advance to the U.S. Open Cup semifinals. It was a big night for the likes of Tiago, Griffin Dorsey, Braian Ojeda, and ot...

Orlando City played two teams lower in the standings over the past week and came away with four of six possible points, but somehow those points seemed tarnished a bit. The Lions blew a two-goal, second-half lead against the Union but managed a goal at the death to claim all three points against the Eastern Conference's worst team. Although Martin Ojeda could have put the match away before halftim...

Orlando City seemed to be turning a corner. It turned out that there was a moving truck just around that corner and it flattened the Lions in stoppage time Saturday in Montreal. Just moments away from a road point and a rare clean sheet, despite being outplayed for much of the 90 minutes, Orlando City imploded and conceded twice for yet another multi-goal road loss in a 2026 already filled with th...

Orlando City entered last week after blowing a late road lead at D.C. United. The Lions continued to play away from home but instead of blowing leads, they decided to go the other way. Orlando came back from three deficits to beat the New England Revolution 4-3 in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday and then fell behind 3-0 at Inter Miami before rallying for another 4-3 win. It will never not be a deli...

The good times from the win over Charlotte didn't last long, as just three days later the Lions started and finished poorly on the road at D.C. United. The part that was good was nice, but everything else, especially the late collapse, was subpar. We look back at Orlando City's latest road loss in a season full of them already. In fact, the Lions have already lost the same number of road matches i...

Orlando City played shockingly like the Lions of the last six years on Wednesday night in a 4-1 home win over Charlotte FC. We didn't anticipate having such a long show this week, but we're not used to talking about multi-goal wins, and it turns out it's a lot more enjoyable to do that than to discuss five- and six-goal losses. Injuries, illnesses, and Charlotte FC combined couldn't slow down the...

We are less than enthused about talking about Orlando City's games this season, but that's only because they continue to not win games. And even though the team did win one since our last show — a 1-0 nailbiter against USL League One side FC Naples in the U.S. Open Cup — it's not always enjoyable to watch. We open this episode with a breakdown of Orlando City's 1-0 home loss to the Houston Dynamo....

The Lions finished off their three-game road trip, and while the 1-1 draw against the Crew in Columbus wasn't a rousing success, it was light years ahead of the 5-0 loss at Nahsville and the 6-0 loss at LAFC. Returning players made a big difference and scoring the first goal was helpful as well, allowing the Lions to stop some of the bleeding and earn their first road point. We look back at the ke...

The Lions may have traveled to Los Angeles, but they never showed up. LAFC became the latest team to demolish Orlando City in a 6-0 beatdown that was difficult to watch. We spoke a little about the match but mostly about the state of Orlando City six games into a 2026 season that has begun worse than anyone could have imagined. Historically bad somehow doesn't cover it. We looked back at what we t...

The Lions and Young Lions were both off this weekend with the international break. Because of that, we were focused on the United States Men's National Team as the World Cup continues to creep closer and closer. Unfortunately, the USMNT — despite a great first half — got waffled by Belgium in the second half, losing 5-2. It was an ugly reminder that the U.S. must be its best to compete with top te...

Let's just say we covered our bases this week. When recording Episode 523 of The Mane Land PawedCast Monday night, we knew there was a pretty good chance that Tuesday things would change. As such, we recorded a shorter supplemental episode of the PawedCast to discuss the signing of Atletico Madrid attacking midfielder/forward Antoine Griezmann as a Designated Player, with the legendary French inte...

The Lions tried to back up their first win of the season with another win, but instead what Orlando City backed up the win over Montreal with was a soul-crushing defeat in what might have been the team's worst performance since we were still in the 2010s. The 5-0 loss to Nashville SC could have been even worse. We chose to go the sandwich route and stuck the bad news about the match in between goo...

So that's what a win feels like. It has been a minute. The Lions could have folded tents and packed it in, but instead they played inspired, energetic (if imperfect) soccer for 90 minutes, winning 2-1 at home Saturday against CF Montreal. Ivan Angulo scored neither goal but factored heavily in both as the catalyst on a night when effort meant everything. Martin Perelman got his first win as interi...

The hits just keep on coming early in this 2026 MLS season as Orlando City has parted ways with the club's winningest coach and one of the league's best managers over the years. Oscar Pareja's time in charge of the Lions lasted six years and just three games into a seventh. But his departure isn't the only critical one this week for the club. We open the show with a brief discussion of club founde...

If last week's second-half performance against Inter Miami seemed like a low point, it wasn't. Orlando City was just getting started. After shipping four goals in the second half and blowing a 2-0 lead at home against the Herons, the Lions saw goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau get sent off early and got put on full blast by New York City FC. The 5-0 loss wasn't even as close as the score indicated, and al...

It's hard to stay positive when losses start stringing together, especially when those losses are coming at home in front of sellout crowds. Orlando City held its first lead of the season, taking a 2-0 advantage into halftime after an excellent opening 45 minutes against rival Inter Miami. However, that didn't last, and many bad things happened in the second half and sometimes evil triumphs over g...

The regular season is here, the Lions have their in-state rivals coming up on the schedule this weekend, and Antoine Griezmann may come to Orlando...wait, what? We start this episode with the report from Tom Bogert that Orlando City is pursuing Atletico Madrid star attacking midfielder/forward and French international Griezmann for the club's third Designated Player slot. This is something we put...

The preseason is behind us and the time has come for the games to matter. That is usually heralded with a great deal of excitement from fans, but the final preseason game the Lions played against Colorado may have instilled a bit more apprehension than hope. We open this week's show with thoughts about Saturday's preseason loss to the Rapids from the lineup, to the inexperienced bench, to Ivan Ang...