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PawedCast Episode 384: Toronto Rewind, Nashville SC Playoff Look-Ahead, and More
A win to close the regular season and a brief look ahead to the playoff matchup to come.
The regular season is over. Despite Orlando City giving everyone a participation trophy on Decision Day and the hosts having a bit more to play for in the season’s final game — a retiring legendary captain and a new coach at the helm — the Lions prevailed 2-0 over Toronto FC on the strength of a fully caffeinated cup of Duncan’s finest. Rookie Duncan McGuire came off the bench and played like he’d bought BMO Field that morning.
Former USMNT captain and now-former Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley was the unfortunate player who will forever be enshrined in the highlight for one of Orlando City’s most excellent goals of the 2023 season. That man has a family, Duncan!
We broke down the Lions’ win in Canada and make our unsurprisingly unanimous picks for Man of the Match.
After our recap, we dove into a good-sized mailbagbox that wanted to know things about Josef Martinez, MLS transfer mechanisms, most and least impressive Lions in 2023, and 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.
Finally, we looked ahead briefly at Orlando City’s prize for finishing second in the entire league — a best-of-three date with defensively stingy Nashville SC.
Here’s how No. 384 went down:
0:15 – Orlando continues to run on Duncan. In this case…roughshod over Toronto FC.
26:22 – The mailbagbox has a variety of questions, including that one about Josef Martinez.
49:50 — A quick look at Orlando City’s playoff schedule against Nashville and how in the world did the Lions end up second and facing such a difficult first-round opponent?