SkoPurp Soccer Episode 2: Gotham Rewind, Paramount+ Sucks, Courage and Current Previews, Injury News, and More

The Orlando Pride just keep setting league records. They aren’t necessarily the NWSL records you want to set and then continue to break, but Orlando doesn’t seem concerned with the details. After all, the Pride have conceded three straight goals that each broke the league’s record for latest goal conceded. Two of those came in Orlando’s 2-0 home loss Saturday against NJ/NY Gotham FC at Exploria Stadium.

We break down what we saw in the game — and rant about Paramount+ over what we didn’t see — and make our Player of the Match selections for another difficult loss.

After that, we’re joined by Cindy Lara from the Kansas City Soccer Journal (formerly the SBNation blog known as The Blue Testament but now an indendent website like ours). Cindy gives us the scoop on Orlando’s next regular-season opponent, the Kansas City Current, what it’s like adding Brazilian superstar Debinha to the squad, all the injuries the team has suffered through early in the season and the team’s overall outlook. Big thanks to Cindy for coming on the show.

After talking with Cindy, we discuss Julie Doyle’s longterm injury and the signing of Maliah Morris as her replacement before diving into a very full mailbagbox. Look, we tried to keep this show under an hour and we almost made it but you guys asked a lot of questions, so really it’s on you. You can ask us anything on Twitter by tweeting to @SkoPurpSoccer with the hashtag #AskSkoPurp.

Finally, we gave our key match-ups and score predictions for the Pride’s matches this week against the North Carolina Courage and Current.

Important note: This podcast has its own dedicated feed and you’ll need to subscribe to it separately, although you may have received the first episode in the main feed for The Mane Land PawedCast. That’s because we dropped it in both feeds (its own, plus TMLPC) for just that first episode.

Here’s how the show went down:

0:15 – The Pride lost in Kaylie Collins’ NWSL debut, but does it count if no one outside the stadium could see it?

24:35 – Cindy Lara lends us her expertise on the Current.

39:35 – Julie Doyle’s knock, a new attacker, and predictions for North Carolina and KC.