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PawedCast Episode 360: RSL Rewind, OCB-Huntsville, and a New Homegrown Signing
A look back at terrible performances by both the senior and junior Lions.
Be a goldfish, but only for the bad games. It’s perfectly fine to remember the 4-0 win over Toronto last Tuesday but the sooner we get rid of all vestiges of Saturday night’s 4-0 loss at Real Salt Lake, the better. The Lions looked lively for about 15 minutes and then the reality of the fixture congestion, travel, and altitude caught up with them. The first half was an evenly matched affair, with the exception of the two goals allowed from set pieces. Statistically it was basically anyone’s match. However, once those goals went in, especially the second, there was never a threat of Orlando City beating a good (and fresh) team in its own stadium.
We break down the breakdowns, look back at our score predictions, and figure out who to select as Man of the Match.
Orlando City has a new player but it’s a familiar face, as the Lions rewarded the standout play of goalkeeper Javier Otero with a Homegrown Player contract. Otero has done a lot to help OCB the last two seasons, although there’s only so much he can do sometimes.
The mailbagbox questions for this episode include queries about allocation money tracking and transfer season. Remember, if there’s anything — and we do mean anything — you want us to address on the show, just ask us by tweeting it to us at @TheManeLand with the hashtag #AskTMLPC.
OCB went to Huntsville, and aside from Jack Lynn and Alex Freeman scoring goals, there’s not much we’ll want to remember about this match either. It’s best to just be a goldfish for both the men’s teams’ results from this weekend.
Finally, we also touched a little on the USMNT’s Gold Cup quarterfinal matchup against Canada, which was a wild game.
Here’s how No. 360 went down:
0:15 – Orlando City did not do well in Utah. At all.
21:12 – Mailbagbox questions are really putting us to the test this week. We’d love to know as much as you guys hope we do.
43:56 – OCB’s offense was better than Orlando City’s this weekend but the Young Lions were far worse defensively.