PawedCast Episode 435: NYCFC Rewind, Montreal Preview, OCB-NYRBII, and More

Orlando City had its winning streak snapped, but the Lions are unbeaten in five after a hard-fought 1-1 draw at home against New York City FC. Ramiro Enrique kept his goal-scoring streak alive, which is vital with Duncan McGuire in France being an Olympian and all.

We break down a defensive battle that took the Lions a while to figure out, look back at our score predictions, and make our selections for Man of the Match.

This week’s mailbagbox asks about the rules of the game, squad rotation for Leagues Cup, Ivan Angulo’s season, 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, or hitting us up on Bluesky Social with that same hashtag.

After the mailbagbox, we discussed OCB’s road draw at New York Red Bulls II (by the same 1-1 score) and another postgame penalty shootout loss. We also looked at the U.S. Olympic schedule coming up this week for Duncan McGuire and the U-23 USMNT.

Finally, we looked ahead to Saturday’s Leagues Cup opener for Orlando City. CF Montreal comes to town Friday night and there’s no telling what might happen in terms of lineups used, tactical approaches, etc. We do our best to look ahead.

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Here’s how No. 435 went down:

0:15 – Orlando City loses a winning streak but continues an unbeaten run.

19:53 – The mailbagbox has some good (and difficult) queries this week.

35:46 – OCB notches a 1-1 draw of its own, the U.S. Olympic schedule is about to begin, and we preview CF Montreal in the Leagues Cup.