Podcasts
SkoPurp Soccer Episode 55: Racing Louisville Rewind, Orlando Pride Olympians, and More
The Pride close out their Summer Cup run with yet another draw, while their teammates prepare to compete for medals across the pond.

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The Pride finished out their Summer Cup with a third consecutive draw — this time against Racing Louisville at home. The teams finished with one goal apiece and despite the Pride leading the ensuing penalty shootout early, they faltered at the end and the visitors took home the extra point. In the end, both teams were eliminated from advancing. While it wasn’t the kind of tournament the Pride wanted to have, their young players got competitive experience and kept the team’s unbeaten run going.
We break down the match and make our selections for the Pride’s Player of the Match.
Our mailbagbox asked us about international players in the Olympics that we’d like to see sign with the Pride. Remember, you can ask us anything by hitting us up on Twitter at either @TheManeLand or @SkoPurpSoccer and using the hashtag #AskSkoPurp. Or you can visit our show page, scroll down, and fill out the handy form. We’d also appreciate any ratings or reviews you can leave wherever you get your podcasts, and if you do that on Apple Podcasts, we’ll find them easily and read them on the show.
After the mailbagbox, we look at the Pride players in the Olympics, but keep in mind we recorded Monday night before the semifinals were played on Tuesday. We’ll have plenty to talk about next week, even though we thought we might not have a show with the Pride off until later in the month.
Here’s how Episode 55 went down:
0:15 – The Pride squared off against Racing Louisville and neither side won.
18:30 – The mailbagbox has us scouting players across the world.
29:16 – Pride players still in the Olympics, Marta’s suspension, and more.
Podcasts
SkoPurp Soccer Episode 76: New Decennial Kits, Washington Preview, and More
A discussion of the Pride’s new kits and our preview and predictions for the NWSL Challenge Cup.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s match week. The Orlando Pride last played a competitive match in November against the Washington Spirit with a trophy on the line. On Friday, the Pride will play a competitive match against the Washington Spirit with another trophy on the line.
Before we discuss the Pride and Spirit tangling for the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup, we discuss the brand-spanking-new Decennial Kit that the club released since our last show. The design is fantastic, the look is great, and the star and crest are out of this world. There is just one drawback that bothers both of your podcast hosts. It’s not a deal breaker, but that one little detail could have made for one of the best kits in the team’s history — which is saying something, because the Pride have been killing it.
This week’s mailbagbox wants to know if we can have a Seb Cam during Orlando Pride matches and asks us to dole out our preferred starting lineup for Friday. Remember, you can ask us anything by hitting us up on Twitter at either @TheManeLand or @SkoPurpSoccer and using the hashtag #AskSkoPurp. You can use that same hashtag and hit @TheManeLand.bsky.social up on Bluesky. Or you can visit our show page, scroll down, and fill out the handy form. We’d also appreciate any ratings or reviews you can leave wherever you get your podcasts, and if you do that on Apple Podcasts, we’ll find them easily and read them on the show.
Finally, we look ahead to Friday’s matchup with the Washington Spirit. What we don’t know this early in the week is what the availability report will look like. What we do know is that the Spirit are probably tired of watching Orlando Pride players celebrating trophy wins. Can the Pride do it again? We look at some of the injury factors that could determine which team could get the upper hand, discuss our key matchups, and make our final score predictions.
Here’s how Episode 76 went down:
0:15 – The Pride have some fancy new duds and we want to talk about it.
11:46 – The mailbagbox wants to know about preferred lineups and coach cams.
30:33 – Key matchups and predictions for the Pride vs. the Spirit in the NWSL Challenge Cup.
Podcasts
PawedCast Episode 467: Toronto Rewind, OCB to Open 2025 Season, NYCFC Preview, and More
Lions get into the win column against Toronto and must travel to the baseball stadium as OCB’s season opener approaches.

Orlando City rebounded from its opening day loss with a comprehensive 4-2 win over Toronto FC that wasn’t necessarily as close as the final score indicates. Sure, there are still a few worrying defensive lapses, but that’s bound to happen when continuously shuffling the back line out of necessity, which is what the Lions had to do with both Robin Jansson and David Brekalo out this week.
We look back on a night of goal scoring by committee that featured big contributions on the offensive end from players who primarily defend. We check back on last week’s score predictions, discuss the key plays in the match, and make our selections for Man of the Match. Oh, and two Lions ended up on the MLS Team of the Matchday.
The mailbagbox wants us to guess which jersey numbers one of our colleagues did not see in the stands on Saturday, if we saw this performance from Alex Freeman coming, whether the Lions are too complacent in the transfer market, 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.
OCB kicks off its 2025 MLS NEXT Pro season this weekend, and we discussed how little we know about the roster at this point. However, we tell you who will likely play more (and fewer) minutes with OCB this year as opposed to in 2024.
Finally, we looked ahead to Saturday night’s trip to Yankee Stadium to play New York City FC. The Pigeons lost their best player (much like Orlando City) this off-season, and they’re off to a poor start to the season, but they are always dangerous on the smaller field at home, where the Lions have rarely taken points. We look at the series history, provide our key matchups, and make our score predictions.
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Here’s how No. 467 went down:
0:15 – The Lions bounced back from the Philly loss by putting four on the board in a win against Toronto.
26:33 – The mailbagbox is full this week with both regular questions and requests for blind guesses.
56:43 – OCB prepares for the season opener and our key matchups and score predictions for Orlando City at NYCFC on Saturday.
Podcasts
SkoPurp Soccer Episode 75: Orlando Pride Off-Season News and More
Pride sign and extend multiple defenders, Sams starts for the USWNT, and we check in with our listeners.

With the Orlando Pride’s NWSL Challenge Cup match against the Washington Spirit just over a week away, it’s time for us to reconvene and begin preparing for the 2025 season. We’ve been away for a few weeks, and the main thing we’ve learned is that the Pride is serious about defense.
To that end, we discuss the club re-signing Emily Sams and Cori Dyke to new deals through 2017, touching on the fact that Dyke has now signed her first three professional contracts in less than a calendar year. That’s an odd yet delightful factoid.
It wasn’t just current defenders that the Pride were interested in signing. Spanish international Oihane Hernandez became the newest member of the Pride. Questions abound about where everyone on the back line will find minutes, but it’s a great problem for Seb Hines to have.
This week’s mailbagbox blindsides us with picking co-ed 7-v-7 sides. Hear us struggle in real time. You can’t get that kind of audio entertainment just anywhere. We also give a comprehensive overview on the club’s international slot situation. Remember, you can ask us anything by hitting us up on Twitter at either @TheManeLand or @SkoPurpSoccer and using the hashtag #AskSkoPurp. You can use that same hashtag and hit @TheManeLand.bsky.social up on Bluesky. Or you can visit our show page, scroll down, and fill out the handy form. We’d also appreciate any ratings or reviews you can leave wherever you get your podcasts, and if you do that on Apple Podcasts, we’ll find them easily and read them on the show.
Our weekly season schedule is back. We’ll be back next week to get you ready for the Pride vs. the Spirit at Inter&Co Stadium with another trophy on the line. We’ll also bring you any news that drops between now and then. Welcome back, Pride fans. We made it through the shortest off-season in Orlando history.
Here’s how Episode 75 went down:
0:15 – Orlando Pride news in recent weeks has been all about the defense.
19:07 – The mailbagbox beckons us with a hypothetical for which we were totally unprepared.
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