PawedCast Episode 429: NYCFC Rewind, Toronto Preview, OCB-Atlanta, Duncan McGuire Saga, and More

The Lions headed north to the baseball diamond at Yankee Stadium and things…did not go well. An early goal conceded, a horrific injury to players from both teams that should never have happened, a complete collapse in first-half stoppage time, and a comeback attempt that fell a bit short all combined to not be a very good time for Orlando City fans. The Lions at least kept fighting, even though the hole was too deep from which to dig out.

We break down the not-fun game against New York City FC, look back at our score predictions, and make our selections for Man of the Match.

OCB faced an Atlanta United 2 team low in the table in the midweek and captured just two points. The Young Lions scored first, wasted a number of good opportunities to build on their lead, and gave up the equalizer and a go-ahead goal. But in true OCB fashion, Favian Loyola scored at the death to earn a point, and OCB actually turned in a good shootout performance to grab two points in a home game that should have produced three.

This week’s mailbagbox wants to know what Orlando City will do in the transfer window this summer and how we get happy again after the Lions make us sad. 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, or hitting us up on Bluesky Social with that same hashtag.

After the mailbagbox, we looked back at the USMNT’s loss to Panama after Timothy Weah lost his temper, his mind, and (probably) the Americans’ shot at advancing (we recorded the show and I wrote this text before the Uruguay match).

Duncan McGuire still wants to leave and we discussed how his situation may play out and how it’s different than some of the other untidy exits that draft picks have made when departing Orlando.

We also discussed the arrival of some missing Lions (and just in time).

Finally, we previewed Orlando City’s midweek match at Toronto, providing our key matchups and score predictions for a visit to the Reds’ house.

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Here’s how No. 429 went down:

0:15 – Losing 4-2 is less fun than winning 4-2.

18:33 – Our mailbagbox, Tim Weah ruins Copa America, Duncan still wants to leave, and the Lions get some reinforcements back.

42:06 – Orlando City is set to head north of the border to Canada during the July 4 holiday midweek.