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PawedCast Episode 441: Orlando City Signings, OCB-NYCFC II, Sporting Kansas City Preview, and More
An odd transfer window comes to an end, the Young Lions are back in the win column, and a look ahead to SKC.
Orlando City returns to MLS action Saturday night, but before we get to that, there was a flurry of new signings since our last show. The club only picked up one new player and signed two players already with the club to new deals. We discuss the signings of Yutaro Tsukada, Heine Gikling Bruseth, and Duncan McGuire. The latter feels like the biggest signing of the three, considering he was one incorrect mouse click from being with Blackburn for this season.
The Young Lions of OCB found their scoring boots and got a big game from Tsukada, who was no doubt celebrating his new contract with the first team. Yutaro provided a goal and an assist as OCB defeated New York City FC II 3-1 in a chippy match that saw a lot of cards fly. Jhon Solis and Shak Mohammed scored the other goals for the Young Lions, who are still in the playoff race but face an important test tonight on the road at Atlanta United 2.
This episode’s mailbagbox asks us which center back pairing we expect for Saturday’s Orlando City match and which pairing we’d play if we made the decisions. There was also a question about Dagur Dan Thorhallsson’s place on Iceland’s national team. 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 ahead to the Lions’ trip to Kansas City Saturday night. Sporting has been bad this season but recently has had a great run of form at home. Children’s Mercy Park is a difficult place to play and Orlando will need to find some goals to get back to the form it had prior to Leagues Cup. We provide our key matchups and score predictions.
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Here’s how No. 441 went down:
0:15 – Orlando City’s strange transfer window included three signings but only one player new to the team. Plus, an OCB win at home.
25:06 – The mailbagbox is concerned about various players on Orlando City’s back line.
39:07 – Key matchups and predictions for the Lions at Sporting Kansas City.