PawedCast Episode 248: Orlando City-Red Bulls and Pride-Kansas City Rewinds, Daryl Dike & National Team News, and More

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Orlando City is undefeated no more after a tough 2-1 loss at Red Bull Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Lions didn’t play well in the middle and dug a deep hole, then nearly climbed out of it thanks to Silvester van der Water. The rally came up a bit short, and the team can now concentrate on getting healthy, welcome back Nani and (eventually) Daryl Dike, and start preparing for another go-round with Toronto FC.

We break down Orlando City’s loss to the New York Red Bulls, choose our Man of the Match selections, and worry aloud about Chris Mueller’s form. We also discuss the news that Barnsley FC is not buying Daryl Dike’s rights and the big striker is expected to rejoin Orlando City after the international break, which is welcome news.

The Orlando Pride kept rolling with their third straight win, making it four matches in a row without a loss and you get to hear me find out in real time that the goal in Sunday’s 1-0 victory was changed from Marta to Alex Morgan at some point while I was driving home Tuesday. The Pride have a big match coming up against the second-place Washington Spirit this weekend as the NWSL’s top two teams thus far will square off in the nation’s capital. Can the Pride keep it going?

Following Pride talk, we discuss the USMNT’s loss at Switzerland and why neither of us are freaking out about it.

Our mailbag is curious as to who Orlando City will sign to replace Dike and we get to have some funsies with one of the questions. Listeners also want to know how we’d feel about Jozy Altidore in purple.

If there’s anything — and we do mean anything — you want us to address on the next show, just ask by tweeting it to us at @TheManeLand with the hashtag #AskTMLPC.

That’s all for this week.

Stay safe and enjoy the show!

Here’s how show No. 248 went down:

0:15 – Orlando City’s zero in the loss column is gone, so…mission accomplished, MLS DisCo!

34:55 – The Pride are on a roll and there are a lot of reasons why you should come to the stadium to see them.

1:06:49 – It’s mailbag time and this week we have no key match-ups or predictions as Orlando City is off until late June.