PawedCast Episode 432: New England Preview, OCB Set to Host Inter Miami II, and More

Orlando City has a tall task ahead if the Lions are going to turn back-to-back wins into a three-game winning streak. As you’ve probably heard by now (many times), Orlando has never won away at Gillette Stadium, and in fact has only drawn a couple of times, so the big Kraft Single in Foxborough has been a house of horrors for the Lions. That run of poor results has to end some time, even if the Law of Averages has taken a sabbatical to this point. Will this be the year for Orlando to get a victory in Massachussetts? Maybe. Maybe not.

Before we get to our preview of Saturday’s match against the New England Revolution, we discussed what Oscar Pareja might and/or should do with his lineup with Duncan McGuire off to play in the Olympics — and, let’s face it, maybe off to a new team afterwards. There are options, but there’s not really a like-for-like without Big Dunc.

OCB will host Inter Miami II on Sunday and the Young Lions need a home win and a victory over their southern rivals. It’s been an up-and-down season for Orlando City B, and we dip a little deeper into the matchup than we normally do.

Gregg Berhalter is out as U.S. Men’s National Team head coach. We discuss a couple of the candidates and what the team’s needs are from whoever takes Berhalter’s place. We also offer to head up the search committee, but it’s going to cost you, U.S. Soccer Federation!

This week’s mailbagbox asks about improvement in Orlando City’s squad. 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.

Finally, we looked ahead at the trip north to face the New England Revolution. Carles Gil has been banged up, but could he feature on Saturday? The Revs are better with him, but in general New England doesn’t have a preferred lineup when facing the Lions at Gillette Stadium. We offer up a preview, our key matchups, and our score predictions.

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Here’s how No. 432 went down:

0:15 – What should the Lions do with Duncan off to Paris, OCB needs a win, and Berhalter officially out.

32:00 – A small but mighty offering from the mailbagbox.

41:52 – Our key matchups and predictions for a trip to Gillette Stadium.