PawedCast Episode 381: Nashville Rewind, Revolution Preview, and More

Orlando City claimed another big road victory in a difficult place for visitors to get wins, and the Lions did it with only one shot on target all night on Wednesday. Duncan McGuire’s strike late in the first half held up and the hosts didn’t look particularly threatening after the opening moments of the second half thanks to a cool, calm, and collected Orlando City side that bossed the midfield, thwarted the Nashville attackers, and frustrated the hosts all evening — mostly by keeping the ball and not giving the Tennessee-based club a chance to unleash its lethal counterattack. We break down the match and another big three points against an Eastern Conference contender, presenting our unanimous pick for Man of the Match.

Jake Catanese from The Blazing Musket jumped on with us to tell us about the chaos that’s been going on in New England in the wake of Bruce Arena’s exit as coach of the Revolution. The Revs may be a bit discombobulated since the coaching change, but they still have Carles Gil and you can probably expect Gustavo Bou to play as well. Big thanks to Jake for both his Revolution knowledge and his friendship.

Our mailbagbox was jam packed! We were asked about Junior Urso, Orlando City’s all-time Best XI, The Marvels, future Designated Player picks, and much more. 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.

After touching briefly on the Lions on the nominee lists for the MLS end-of-season awards, we turned our attentino toward New England, presenting our key matchups for Saturday’s game and our score predictions. It’s another massive Eastern Conference battle heading into the international break.

Here’s how No. 381 went down:

0:15 – Winning ugly is still winning. And hey, Wednesday wasn’t even that ugly if you like good defense.

14:40 – Jake Catanese jumps on with us and gives us the perspective of the New England Revolution fan.

33:06 — Our mailbagbox has never been this full before, plus our key matchups and predictions for Saturday.