PawedCast Episode 438: Atletico San Luis Rewind, OCB at Carolina Core, the Olympics, and More

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Orlando City closed out group play in Leagues Cup action on a wet Sunday night against Liga MX side Atletico San Luis. Despite going down a player within the first half hour, the Lions struck first and held on for dear life behind the goalkeeping of Pedro Gallese to earn a 1-1 draw. Orlando then won the ensuing penalty shootout 5-4 to claim a second point. It was more than sufficient to secure first place in the group and a date with Cruz Azul on Friday (we’ll discuss that more on our next episode later in the week).

We check back on our score predictions, and one of us nailed the shootout score if not the final score. We discuss the key plays in the match and make our selections for Man of the Match.

This episode’s mailbagbox, presented by WJ Dog Treats, asks us about Duncan McGuire vs. Ramiro Enrique and which superhero movies folks should start with if they want to get into them 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 2-1 road win at Carolina Core. The Young Lions built a lead, went down a player, and then held on to snap an eight-game winless stretch. With players sent off, well-worked goals, a weird “no more” referee warning of persistent infringement, and a lot of chaos, it was vintage “drunk OCB,” and we’re here for it.

Finally, we discuss the United States getting pummeled by Morocco on Nathan Harriel’s very bad day (he wasn’t the only one, but…wow).

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Here’s how No. 438 went down:

0:15 – Orlando City got a draw that felt like a win in its Leagues Cup group stage finale, and winning the shootout helped make it feel that way.

22:17 – It’s mailbagbox time, and folks really want our opinions on superhero movies.

41:18 – OCB finally wins! And being the Young Lions, they made it as difficult on themselves as they could. Plus, Olympics stuff.