The Mane Land PawedCast

It's the start of an insanely busy month of May for Orlando City (and the club's fans, obviously). It's a busy time for us here at The Mane Land as well, as we've launched our new membership program over at Buy Me a Coffee (BMC), which is similar to Patreon but with a hipper name. There is already some exclusive content for members available at our BMC page and we plan to take good care of those w...

Orlando City broke its home slump with a comprehensive 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy at Exploria Stadium Saturday night and it was a lot more fun to watch than the previous four home matches. The Lions played with confidence and chemistry and were the protagonists of the game that Oscar Pareja always wants them to be. We break down Orlando City's win, including the return of Mikey Halliday and Ercan...

We start this episode of The Mane Land PawedCast by addressing the cries of the impatient, the malcontents, and the anarchists. Those folks want Orlando City to dismiss the club's most successful coach after just eight league matches. We remind folks that Orlando City had the Champions League, a few bumps and bruises, and multiple new pieces to fit together and the season is only eight games old....

The Lions keep doing the opposite of what normal teams do — winning on the road and then losing at home. Usually it's the other way around but at any rate, the loss to D.C. would suck regardless of the stadium in which it took place. The fact that it happened at Exploria Stadium only seems worse, but it really isn't. It's just about perception. At any rate, the 3-1 home loss to D.C. would be more...

We start this episode of The Mane Land PawedCast with a fun discussion about Orlando City's striker position. Who should be starting? What are the variables involved? We are joined for the segment by one of our Platinum Founders Ryan Smith, who went from podcast listener to TML staff writer. Following that, we were joined by Orlando City fullback Luca Petrasso. The versatile Canadian told us about...

me home with all three points. Even though the match didn't start out looking all that great, the important thing is that Orlando finally put together some excellent attacking sequences — after falling behind in the second half — and found a way to win on the road against Minnesota United's stingy defense. After a few quick updates about this website, we dove into our recap of the match, hitting t...

Welcome to the second episode of The Mane Land PawedCast this week! We're still adjusting to our twice-a-week system, so we apologize that this show is a teeny smidge past an hour long. Our goal is to keep both episodes each week at around 45 minutes or less. It's a process and it will become more fluid. We might need to move the mailbagbox to the first show of the week to get the balance right. W...

Michael Citro and David Rohe host the inaugural episode of SkoPurp Soccer: An Orlando Pride PawedCast, a new podcast dedicated to the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League and women's soccer coverage. This maiden voyage explains the origin of the show's name and the guys discuss the play of the Pride players in international matches during this window. They also break down recent ros...

Welcome to the first week of a new era for The Mane Land PawedCast, as we pivot to a twice-a-week system, and drop the Orlando Pride from this show. Our coverage of the NWSL side is being repackaged as its own dedicated podcast, which kicks off this week. It was absolutely the wrong week to switch formats when you consider that Orlando City didn't play this week and neither did the Pride, however,...

After a win at Philadelphia, Orlando City's homecoming wasn't a fun one Saturday, but if one looks beyond the scoreline of the Lions' 2-0 loss to Nashville SC, the performance didn't match the result. The Lions — for the most part, anyway — controlled the match, generated the most chances, and honestly should have scored a couple of goals. They didn't. Instead, they got caught twice by the visitor...

Michael Citro and David Rohe from themaneland.com break down Orlando City's 2-1 road win over the Philadelphia Union and present an exclusive interview with OCSC rookie forward Duncan McGuire. Duncan answers questions from the hosts and the listeners in a fun, candid, relaxed interview. The Orlando Pride and Orlando City B both opened their 2023 seasons on the road this past weekend, but with very...

Orlando City drew Tigres last midweek but in this case a draw was a loss, as the Mexican side got the all-important road goal in a 1-1 stalemate and advanced in the Concacaf Champions League. The Lions proved they belonged and were never bested but the tiebreaker setup did not shine on Orlando. Ercan Kara scored Orlando’s first Champions League goal and no one who saw it will ever forget it. The t...

This week’s show again started out with some personalized thank you shout-outs to some of the founding members of our new, independent website, which is under construction. We’ll keep the GoFundMe open until April 1, so if you’re still waiting for payday or on the fence about contributing, you’ve still got time to get yourself immortalized on the new site. Now, on to why you’re here... Orlando Cit...

Before this week’s show gets underway, we’ve got some announcements to make and we are pretty pumped up about them all. There is our fundraiser to launch our independence, obviously, which has us all extremely emotional and thankful. To that end, we began the long process of giving out our shout-outs to our brand new Founders. It’s going to take a few shows to get them all in! If you were part of...

Orlando City opened the season with a victory and although it was a frustrating match at times, a good team sometimes has to deal with a frustrating opponent. The Lions were able to do that and secure three points and whether it was luck or skill is irrelevant in Week 1. We break down the match, including the banner raising and excellent pregame tifo display, and make our picks for Man of the Matc...

Orlando City was nearly perfect in the preseason but a couple of late goals against the New England Revolution on Saturday night at Exploria Stadium gave the Lions their only loss in the buildup to the 2023 MLS season. In this week’s show, we discussed that loss and the win over Stetson University in the final two friendly contests before things get real. We also talked about the update on rookie...

Orlando City remained unbeaten in preseason with a comeback draw against the Colorado Rapids this week. We didn’t get to see the match or get many details, but if you think that’s going to stop us from talking about it, you grossly underestimate our ability to talk about things. The Lions also welcomed one of their missing pieces, as Rafael Santos has arrived in the City Beautiful, so that’s good....

Orlando City has begun playing matches — well, preseason matches, anyway. The Lions have two scrimmages under their belts so far and have won both by a combined score of 5-1. While it’s true that one of those opponents so far was a college side, the Lions have not leaned on some of their best players thus far and have even participated with both starting center backs not seeing the field. We start...

This week, it’s all about the newbies! Both Orlando City and the Orlando Pride welcomed some new faces to the City Beautiful and we’re here to talk about it. We started off with the news of Rodrigo Schlegel signing a new contract just one year after signing his last deal. Essentially, it potentially keeps the Argentine defender in Orlando for an additional year and he likely gets a bump in pay for...

This week’s show starts a little differently. We open with a frank discussion of the situation regarding the future of both The Mane Land and The Mane Land PawedCast. We’re still trying to get answers to some questions that have to be cleared up before we can figure out our next steps. We take you through the difficult events of Friday and some of the options that we’re weighing, but there are sti...

Orlando City continues preseason preparations although it’s been a quiet week for the Lions otherwise. Meanwhile, the Orlando Pride had a much noisier week, which was expected with the 2023 NWSL Draft taking place last Thursday. Our show opens with a discussion of Orlando City’s remaining needs as preseason training camp rolls along and how there seems to be a segment of the fan base that is not c...

It’s our first show of 2023 and Orlando City has convened for preseason training to prepare for the MLS season ahead. There have been new arrivals and departures since our last show and we’re talking about the new guys and bidding a sad farewell to a fan favorite in Benji Michel. The Lions haven’t quite finished building the roster (or, at least, we hope that’s the case), with a couple of holes st...

We’re back after a couple of weeks off to recharge our batteries and gather info, and now there’s plenty to talk about for a full-length show. Starting out on the Orlando City side of the club, the Lions have been busy over the past three weeks. The biggest news is the re-signing of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese to a new two-year contract with an additional club option year. One of City’s biggest off-s...

Business in this off-season is picking up for both Orlando City and the Orlando Pride. With stuff going on, we weren’t able to take a break this week but that just means an extra PawedCast episode for you. The Lions continued to shape their roster this week with multiple signings (but no new players), re-signing goalkeeper Adam Grinwis, signing defender Kyle Smith to a new one-year deal with an op...

After a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, we are back and ready to talk about some Orlando City news. We would also be happy to talk about some Orlando Pride news, but there hasn’t been much of that. So, we’ve got some moves by the club to discuss this week. We start with the addition of midfielder Felipe Martins, who was most recently with Austin FC and has had success elsewhere in his MLS c...