The Mane Land PawedCast

The long, dark surprise off-season continues and we have no soccer but we manage to find things to talk about week after week anyway. This week we start off with a discussion of the results of our “quaranteam” voting and...yup, Tom Sermanni rules. That takes us into our discussion of Scott Carnevale’s “Worst Orlando City XI” of the MLS era. It’s not our favorite topic but hey, there have been no g...

What’s it like outside? Are there wolves? There are probably wolves, I’m guessing. I’m going to have to fight off vicious packs of them when I’m allowed to go do stuff again. I just know it. But until then, we can still deliver podcasts to you from the safety and comfort of our own homes. This week we do have some actual Orlando City and MLS/USL/NWSL news, along with some stuff that’s...well, less...

The sports world is still on pause and we’re all living under a giant screen saver while we eagerly await games to start up again. Meanwhile, without a whole lot of news to discuss, the internet came back from a lengthy outage just in time for us to record this edition of the PawedCast. There’s some commiserating about the current conditions we find us in, a little ire for internet companies that...

With the sports world stopped, it’s time to fill our days and nights with other things. One of those things is a completely make believe tournament that our website is hosting. Round 2 of that will start tomorrow, but for now we’re here to talk a little bit about life in this weird, new world and how things are going overall. We also brought in Orlando City legend Miguel Gallardo — a guy who helpe...

Sheesh, I can’t even get a little sinusitis and have an internet meltdown in a three-day span without the entire world falling apart. Last week’s show was punted once due to technical problems with my health and once due to Spectrum’s technical problems getting internet into my home. Since then, seemingly every sport, event, and attraction has shut down as we look to stop the spread of the coronav...

The 2020 MLS campaign is underway and we’re here to discuss Saturday’s season-opening game between Orlando City and Real Salt Lake. It lacked goals but the Lions did a lot of good things in their first competitive outing under Oscar Pareja and we’ll tell you about those good things and give your our selections for Man of the Match. We then welcome in Sean Curtis from Burgundy Wave to give us the l...

It’s time to finally get ready for 2020 with our preview of Orlando City vs. Real Salt Lake in Saturday’s season opener. We’re excited to get the season going and as such, we’ve put together a top-notch show with not one but two special guests. We start by discussing the signing of midfielder Joey DeZart to his first professional contract and we also touch on the Lions’ final preseason match of 20...

We’re back to our weekly MLS season schedule as the 2020 MLS season quickly approaches. We’ve got a big show for you after a little over a month away. A lot has happened since we last spoke and we’re here to tell you about Orlando City's most recent signings, the preseason so far, a key injury, the team’s new away kit and more. We’ve got a special treat for you, as we spoke with Orlando City Execu...

It’s good to be in the last month of our once-a-month podcast cycle because that means next month there will be competitive Orlando City soccer played on actual fields. Since we last spoke, we’ve got several new Lions’ signings to discuss, including defenders, midfielders and a couple that we expect to happen soon. We then welcome Tom Traxler back to the PawedCast to discuss his return to the Orla...

We told you on last month’s show that the off-season was about to heat up, and it did. Our second off-season edition discusses player signings, the Lions’ new head coach, and some MLS news. We touch on which Pride player is off to a good W-League start, the beginning of the SeaWolves’ second season, and a bunch more. Oh, and we started back in November with the USMNT’s win over Canada right here i...

The off-season is about to heat up. We are back with our first post-2019 off-season edition of our show and we’re discussing Orlando City’s coaching position, and the recent trade rumors involving Dom Dwyer and Cristian Higuita. We also get you up to speed with what the Orlando Pride has been up to since the season ended, including the addition of another international player which completely blew...

Orlando City lost, the Orlando Pride lost, OCB lost, James O’Connor lost (his job), and we’re at a loss to process it all, but we do our best. The 2019 MLS season concluded for the Lions with a 5-2 beatdown at home at the hands of the Chicago Fire and a pivotal play in the 58th minute could have changed the whole thing. We discuss. O’Connor was sacked on Monday, less than 24 hours after coaching h...

Orlando City needed a win and some help from New York City FC on Sunday but as Judge Smails said in Caddyshack, “You’ll get nothing and like it!” The playoff hopes ended with both the Lions drawing 1-1 at FC Cincinnati — and they were fortunate to get that in the end — and a win over NYCFC by the New England Revolution. We’re here to discuss the draw in Ohio and how not going to the playoffs is re...

Hey, Orlando City lost again. That’s all I got. The Lions didn’t get it done despite scoring first and holding that lead well into the second half. We break down Orlando’s latest display of the team’s lack of mental toughness to go on and win the game. And we picked our Man of the Match. The OCB minute is not a repeat of previous OCB minutes, even though it might seem like it. The Young Lions cont...

I don’t know how many times we’ve talked about a result not being what Orlando City fans wanted or what the team needed this season, but it’s happened a lot. Way too much, in fact. And that was never more true than Saturday’s 3-3 draw against New England. A win would have vaulted Orlando into contender status. Instead, the Lions are treading water and hoping for not only a unicorn-like winning str...

Orlando City’s offense scored two goals for the first time in a month, but the defense couldn’t support those two goals, allowing LAFC to claim a point with a goal late in the proceedings. Considering the competition, even with both teams missing key players, the result could have been much worse. It’s funny how the order the goals are scored changes one’s perception of the outcome. At any rate, i...

Orlando City’s offense is in a coma and it had better wake up soon because the season is almost over. There’s still plenty of time for the Lions to make a run and jump a couple of teams to get above that playoff line but there’s little margin for error now. We break down the team’s shutout loss to San Jose and discuss yet another key injury at a bad time. The Pride were off but there’s certainly n...

Orlando City still hasn’t woken up from the perpetual Groundhog Day that comes with every match against Atlanta United, but this was one of the team’s best performances of the series, even if the Lions came up short on the scoreboard. Orlando deserved better but when you don’t take your chances, you’re just asking for trouble. We break down the match and choose our picks for game MVP. We give you...

We’re back after technical difficulties during recording — that we didn’t even know about until afterward — completely ravaged our show last week, forcing us to just give up on it entirely. It’s a pity, too, because it was the best show we ever did and that was due in large part to guest Jamie Watson. At least we were able to transcribe the audio and publish it as a post, which you can read here....

It’s been a jam-packed week since we last recorded one of these things and maybe we should start doing mini episodes on weeks like this. However, for Episode 173, we’re talking about a lot of stuff, including the MLS All-Star Game here in Orlando. It was a great night out at Exploria Stadium (especially for Atletico Madrid) but overall the city turned up and made it a night to remember. Plus, Orla...

Gillette Stadium continues to be a house of horrors for Orlando City, which suffered its worst loss of the season to the Revs on Saturday. We still had to pick a Man of the Match and talk about the game, though. But before that, we discuss the signing of Uruguayan midfielder Mauricio Pereyra, which took place on Tuesday. We break down the move by the Lions. The USWNT dropped a bombshell as Jill El...

Orlando City went to Portland for a late Thursday night game and then flew back across the country to host the Red Bulls on Sunday. Both were low-scoring affairs, with the Lions claiming one point when it could almost as easily have been six. It was a rough week but we’re here to break it all down and give you our Man of the Match from each game. The Pride have now won consecutive home games and i...

Orlando City had a pretty good week, advancing to the U.S. Open Cup semifinals for the first time ever after a dramatic penalty shootout against New York City FC, then turning around and finishing a triple game week with a late win over the Columbus Crew. We’re breaking down those games and picking our Man of the Match selections from a good week  for the Lions. The Pride followed a four-goal perf...

Orlando City hoped to get more out of a home-and-home match-up against the Philadelphia Union, but red cards ruin everything and when a heavily rotated team grabs a road point against the conference leaders, you take it despite being just moments from getting all three. We break down a pair of matches against the Union and make our Man of the Match selections. The Pride won a home game and scored...

Orlando City split the two games on its recent road trip but played well enough to provide an unsettling amount of hope as we’ve reached the halfway mark of the MLS season. Had Brian Rowe strayed maybe two or three fewer steps from his goal on Wednesday we could be discussing four out of six points instead of three, but still, it was a decent road trip. We’re breaking down the games. The Pride and...