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Orlando City vs. New England Revolution: Player Grades and Man of the Match

How did your favorite Lions perform in Orlando City’s win at home against the New England Revolution?

Published

2 years ago

September 16, 2024

Marcus Mitchell

Image courtesy of Orlando City SC / Mark Thor

Orlando City hosted the New England Revolution and won 3-0 to claim its 11th victory of the season. Rafael Santos, Facundo Torres, and Duncan McGuire all found the back of the net, and the defense did its part to secure a shutout in front of the home fans.

It was definitely a team effort, but let’s take a look at how each Lion individually performed in another dominant win at home.

Starters

GK, Pedro Gallese, 6.5 — The Peruvian goalkeeper didn’t have to come up with a save until Carles Gil tested him in the 60th minute from a free kick. Gallese was up to the task and made a phenomenal save to his right after Gil bent his shot around the wall. He also made a big stop late on Emmanuel Boateng, who got behind the defense. It was otherwise a pretty quiet night for Gallese, as he finished the match with 26 touches and just two saves, albeit very good ones. As for his distribution, he completed 89.5% of his 19 passes and two of his four long balls were successful. A clean sheet was a nice cherry on top for El Pulpo’s night.

D, Rafael Santos, 7 — The left back scored one of the best goals of Orlando’s season, curling a shot into the top left corner from distance. The opportunity came from a short corner, with Angulo teeing him up in a well-worked set piece that left him with time and space to pick out his target and beat Aljaz Ivacic. Defensively, he had two tackles and two clearances to limit New England’s attack on his side of the field for the most part. His only cross was inaccurate, two of his six long balls found their mark, and he had 46 passes at a 73.9% success rate. His goal was a game changer and future opponents will have to take him into account moving forward.

D, Robin Jansson, 7 — The Beefy Swede put out fires when needed to help secure Orlando’s clean sheet, contributing a clearance and blocking a shot. He only had 32 touches in the match, anchoring the defense while his teammates built momentum through possession. His presence kept New England from developing anything in terms of transition. Jansson attempted six long balls, completing three of them, and he was successful on 85.7% of his 28 passes overall. It wasn’t the busiest night for Jansson, but he excelled when called upon and stayed home when Orlando was on the attack, allowing his central defense partner to join in the possession higher up the pitch.

D, Rodrigo Schlegel, 6 — Schlegel had two clearances in this one and often cleanly got the ball out of danger without allowing rebound opportunities. There were a couple of instances in which he didn’t close down Giacomo Vrioni quickly enough, but Schlegel helped manage to keep the Italian-Albanian forward from causing too much trouble. The Argentine center back also allowed Boateng to get in behind on goal late, so it wasn’t a perfect night by any means. However, he led the Lions with eight long balls and five of them were successful, sparking some opportunities for the offense. Schlegel’s 52 passes were also the most on the team and he completed a strong 90.4% of them. It was a good overall outing for the center back, but there were a couple of lapses.

D, Dagur Dan Thorhallsson, 7 — Thorhallsson was a force up and down the wing, coming up with important stops on defense and giving the Revolution headaches when he went on the attack. He provided three key passes, including a nice lob into the box in the first half that Ramiro Enrique couldn’t bury. Defensively, he had two tackles, an interception, and a clearance. While none of his three crosses found their target, he attempted 43 passes at an excellent 95.4% success rate and one of his two long balls was accurate as well. Thorhallsson also won a foul from a good position late in the match. Neither of his two shots were on target, but it was still a dynamic performance from the right back.

MF, César Araujo, 6.5 — Araujo also had three key passes in this match, doing his part to set up opportunities for the team’s attackers to work their magic. The Uruguayan midfielder’s only attempted cross was successful, three of his six long balls found their mark, and he was successful on 87.2% of his 47 passes. His only shot in the match was deflected, but went out for a corner kick. Araujo also helped out on the defensive side of things with a pair of tackles and helped keep Gil quiet. It’s worth noting that Araujo avoided a yellow card that would have suspended him for Orlando’s next match as well.

MF, Wilder Cartagena, 6.5 — Returning from international duty with Peru, Cartagena had a strong defensive performance and rotated well to provide coverage when the team’s fullbacks joined the attack. The 29-year-old led the Lions with five tackles and had an interception as well. Cartagena had four shots, but only one of them ended up on target and it didn’t trouble Ivacic. All four of his long balls were successful and he completed 85.1% of his 47 passes. He also had a lovely key pass to slip the ball past defenders and give Torres a great opportunity in the box. Although he picked up a yellow card, it was a professional foul to cut off a potentially dangerous counterattack.

MF, Iván Angulo, 6 — Angulo earned his ninth assist of the season by setting up Santos in space off of a corner kick. He didn’t attempt any crosses or shots, but he did have two key passes in the match. His speed was most useful at stretching New England’s defense and then chasing down opposing players to win the ball back. Before coming off in the 74th minute, he had three tackles and 26 passes, but at just a 69.2% success rate. It wasn’t his best performance, but he played his role in the designed set piece and kept the Revolution on their toes with his threat on the counter.

MF, Martín Ojeda, 6.5 — Ojeda was credited with a secondary assist for his minor role in the short corner that led to Orlando’s first goal. The Designated Player played a part in Orlando’s second goal as well, with Gil committing a handball in the box while trying to defend Ojeda. He had a phenomenal switch in play that ignited the break on which Torres hit the post. He had three shots in the match, putting one of them on target and forcing a good save by Ivacic at the near post, and he also had a key pass. Ojeda led the team with six crosses, but only one of them was successful. He was accurate on two of his three long balls though, and attempted 29 passes at an 82.8% success rate. Ojeda was better in the second half and forced both attention and quick decisions from the Revolution’s defense before being subbed out in the 68th minute.

MF, Facundo Torres, 7.5 (MotM) — Torres scored his 11th goal of the season with a powerful penalty kick that Ivacic had little chance of stopping even if he didn’t guess the wrong way. He had a few other chances to score, but hit the post and just missed the target twice. Neither of his two crosses were successful. However, he still had two key passes, all three of his long balls were successful, and he completed 94.6% of his 37 passes. His role in Orlando’s third goal will be overshadowed by McGuire and Nico Lodeiro’s magic, but Torres deserves some recognition for his lobbed pass out wide for Lodeiro to get the ball in space away from the Revolution’s defense. He also made a lungbusting run on the play to provide McGuire a passing option and pull some of the defense’s attention away. Orlando looked dangerous whenever Torres was involved in the attack, but he also did well when pressing and made himself available all over the pitch for his teammates.

F, Ramiro Enrique, 6 — Enrique earned another start up top and did fairly well. He almost squeezed a ball in to Martin Ojeda at the near post early on after making a nice run on a break, but Ivacic snuffed it out. His first shot of the night was an audacious and acrobatic effort on the volley that went off target. Chesting the ball into the path of Facundo Torres was likely the smarter play, but it’s hard to put too much blame on a striker for trying his luck. His only other shot of the match was blocked. Although he didn’t win either of his two aerial duels, his hold-up play was decent and he completed 81.3% of his 16 passes. Enrique may not have scored, but he injected plenty of energy into the attack and had two key passes to go with a successful long ball.

Substitutes

F, Duncan McGuire (68’), 6.5 — McGuire scored his first goal since June in fantastic fashion. While his powerful strike that wound up in the net despite Ivacic getting contact on it was great, the most impressive part of his goal was his run from his own box that included staying onside and slipping between defenders for Lodeiro to find him. It was his only shot and he only had three touches, completing both of his attempted passes as well. He made some good runs here and there after his goal, but didn’t receive much service while the Lions enjoyed a three-goal lead.

MF, Nico Lodeiro (69’), 6.5 — Lodeiro put in a great shift off the bench, assisting on McGuire’s goal with a nice pass that slipped between defenders on a counter. His only shot was from a free kick and he sent it over the bar. The 35-year-old could have had another assist in the 85th minute, but his pass across the front of goal was deflected out for a corner before it could reach McGuire or Yutaro Tsukada. Lodeiro finished the match with 22 touches and 17 passes at an 88.2% success rate.

MF, Luis Muriel (75′), 6 — The Colombian forward’s only shot came in the final moment of the game, as he sent a free kick into the stands after he was fouled by the Revolution in what looked like a promising attack. He had a terrific switch of play to Thorhallsson that ended in Cartagena’s shot right at Ivacic in the second minute of stoppage time. Muriel had 14 touches and both of his attempted long balls found their target. He completed all but one of his 10 passes and did well carving out open space on offense.

MF, Felipe (79′) N/A — Felipe picked up where Cesar Araujo left off in the midfield, putting in a gritty performance to help see out the game. He had 21 touches in a short amount of time on the pitch and completed 94.7% of his 19 passes. The Brazilian also had a tackle to help out defensively and worked himself into good areas when the Lions went on the attack for more goals.

MF, Yutaro Tsukada (79′), N/A — The young winger only had six touches, but he completed all four of his passes and contributed on defense with a tackle. Tsukada didn’t have any shots or key passes, but found decent areas when the Lions went on the offensive. It was a bit disappointing that he wasn’t given a crack at one of the team’s late free kicks, though it was still nice to see the rookie get some valuable minutes with the first team.

That’s how I saw the individual performances on Saturday night. What did you think? Be sure to let us know in the comments, and vote in the poll below for your Orlando City Man of the Match.

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Lion Links: 11/5/26

Lions called up for international duty, USMNT roster announcement, UEFA Champions League roundup, and more.

Published

3 hours ago

November 5, 2026

Ben Miller

Image of Justin Ellis dribbling the ball between two Monterrey defenders.

Dan MacDonald, The Mane Land

Happy Thursday, beautiful readers. Decision Day is almost upon us, but we can’t go getting too far ahead of ourselves just yet. There’s plenty of soccer news taking place in the here and now, and that news is what we need to talk about this morning. Let’s have a gander at today’s links.

Lions Set for International Duty

Three Orlando City players have been called up (so far) to represent their nations in the upcoming November international window. Justin Ellis will join the United States Men’s National Team as it faces Haiti across two legs in a Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal.

The American dream continues ⭐

Following Saturday's regular-season finale, Justin will represent the United States in a two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal against Haiti 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/nvoxP0eMi6
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) November 4, 2026

Maxime Crepeau is back in the fold for Canada for its Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal matches against Guatemala.

Oh, Canada 🇨🇦

Following Saturday's regular-season finale, Max will represent his country against Guatemala in the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals 👏 pic.twitter.com/YA7MjkCodV
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) November 4, 2026

Finally, David Brekalo will join Slovenia for a pair of matches against North Macedonia and Switzerland.

Slovenia bound 🇸🇮

After wrapping up the regular season on Saturday, David will join his national team for matches against Switzerland and North Macedonia. pic.twitter.com/OLvcnWEAef
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) November 4, 2026

Congratulations to all three players, and good luck!

Mauricio Pochettino Names November Squad

In addition to Justin Ellis, Mauricio Pochettino has named the full 25-player roster that will take on Haiti in the Concacaf Nations League. Former Lion Alex Freeman is unsurprisingly included, and the roster also sees the return of big guns like Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Chris Richards, Tyler Adams, and Folarin Balogun. Philadelphia Union youngster Cavan Sullivan is in too, while defender Reed Baker-Whiting and midfielder Santiago Castaneda will have chances to earn their first caps with the USMNT. The first leg of the quarterfinals will take place on Nov. 14 at Inter Miami’s Nu Stadium, with the second leg set for Nov. 17 at FC Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium.

UEFA Champions League Recap

Matchday four of the UEFA Champions League is in the books, and we were treated to a wild Wednesday of games. The most eye-popping result of the day belonged to Cesc Fabregas’ transcendent Como side, which went on the road and thrashed Lens 9-1 to settle nicely into fourth in the table. Fenerbahce scored in the 73rd and 79th minutes to come back and secure a 3-2 win over Liverpool at home, while Real Madrid got a 92nd-minute winner from Federico Valverde to break the hearts of AEK Athens fans in the Greek capitol. The other big result of the day was Porto putting a 4-1 beatdown on Napoli at Estadio Do Dragao, and with Napoli eighth in Serie A and 27th in the UCL table, Massimiliano Allegri’s days at the club could be numbered.

Transfer Rumor Roundup

Every season is transfer season, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting rumors floating around at the minute. We start with Juventus, which is reportedly contemplating moves for Benjamin Sesko and Folarin Balogun in the January window, as the Italian side is said to be on the hunt for a physical striker. Real Madrid is reportedly close to signing former Manchester United youth player JJ Gabriel, who asked to leave the Red Devils in September. Sunderland is said to be interested in signing Almeria midfielder Stefan Dzodic, although the club would likely face competition from Atletico Madrid and several other English clubs. Finally, Napoli reportedly intends to submit a bid for Barcelona midfielder Gavi during the January window, as he has had difficulty securing regular playing time for Hansi Flick this season.

Free Kicks

Orlando City celebrated Wilder Cartagena after the midfielder made his 100th appearance for the team.

Una sorpresa para nuestro centenario 💯 pic.twitter.com/bTZGUhJHNq
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) November 4, 2026

Martin Ojeda has been honored with a special card in EAFC 27.

Check out this teaser for a biopic about Marta.

MARTA MOVIE TEASER 🎞️

The first teaser for the biopic about football legend Marta has dropped, and we've never been more sat for something in our lives. The film about the footballer's journey comes out in April 2027 🐐🇧🇷

🎥: Conspiração Filmes pic.twitter.com/EBabOjFRsl
— The Women's Game (@WomensGameMIB) November 4, 2026

A mind-melting 51 red cards were shown in a South American youth game. Rodrigo Schlegel is smiling somewhere.

That’s all I’ve got for you today. Vamos Orlando!

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Lion Links: 11/4/26

Orlando City’s playoff picture, Barbra Banda nominated for the Women’s World 11, USWNT’s preliminary roster, and more.

Published

1 day ago

November 4, 2026

David Rohe

Image courtesy of Orlando Pride / Mark Thor

Welcome to Wednesday, Mane Landers. It’s a bit odd to be writing the first Lion Links following the news we dropped yesterday that The Mane Land will be ceasing operations after the end of this season. The outpouring of supportive comments we’ve received has been greatly appreciated by all of the staff. We’ve always done this as a labor of love for the the teams we cover, but more importantly, for you, our readers. Of course, we’re not done yet, so let’s get to the links.

Orlando City’s Decision-ish Day

Orlando City thankfully heads into the Decision Day match against the New England Revolution already guaranteed a place in the playoffs. That’s not to say that the result doesn’t have ramifications. A win combined with some other results can see the Lions climb back into seventh place, avoiding the play-in match. It won’t be easy, given New England sits in third place in the Eastern Conference. Orlando City is just above the line at ninth, and is No. 18 in the final MLS power rankings of the regular season.

Another Banda Nomination

There were only two NWSL players nominated for the FIFPRO 2026 Women’s World 11, and Barbra Banda was one of them. Gotham FC goalkeeper\ Ann-Katrin Berger was the other. The list was decidedly European, with Banda also being one of only four non-European players making the list. Fortunately, the powers that be didn’t lose their collective minds enough to leave Banda off the list.

Orlando Pride Off-Season Begins

We’re all familiar with the “one weird trick” articles, which is kind of what this article about what one question each already eliminated NWSL club needs to answer this off-season is. For the Orlando Pride, that question is “Can Barbra Banda get some help?” That is an important question, but it’s also only one of a dozen things that need to be addressed starting yesterday. It will be up to Caitlin Carducci do get the ship righted over the next few months.

Hayes Names Preliminary USWNT Roster

USWNT Head Coach Emma Hayes named a 51-player preliminary roster for the upcoming Concacaf W Championship matches at the end of the month. Hayes will need to whittle that roster down in the next few weeks. Even former Orlando Pride defender Emily Sams made the list — at least for now. There are some NWSL players that have impressed, and others that have not, for the NWSL.

Free Kicks

Antoine Griezmann’s jersey is ranked fifth in the Top 10 jersey sales in MLS. I think that is pretty impressive, given he wasn’t here all season.
Mauricio Pochettino will be selecting a squad for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals. He will also need to deal with several injured USMNT players in his selection process.
AS Monaco has added USMNT striker Folarin Balogun to the squad for the Conference League now that he is staying at the club.
The Asian Cup has been postponed due to a series of attacks in Saudi Arabia including one at Riyadh’s airport.
The MLS Disciplinary Committee fined Charlotte FC forward Allan Saint-Maximin for not leaving the field in a timely manner after being sent off in the match against Orlando City.
The Western Conference also has Decision Day drama with six teams competing for three playoff spots.

That will do it for today.

Orlando City

All Good Things…

After more than a dozen years of daily coverage of Orlando City SC / Orlando Pride, this site will soon shut down.

Published

2 days ago

November 3, 2026

Michael Citro

Photo of The Mane Land staff from around 2016

An early TML staff photo from a pregame gathering.

Over the last 12 years, I’ve written 3,598 stories for The Mane Land before this one, but I’ve never written one that I wanted to post less than this one (no. 3,599). To rip off the Band-Aid, The Mane Land is closing shop at the end of the 2026 season. We will continue to cover the club through Orlando City’s postseason and provide some retrospective posts and whatever daily news requires coverage before calling it a day in the coming weeks. We will also stop producing The Mane Land PawedCast and SkoPurp Soccer: An Orlando Pride PawedCast at that time.

After starting as a free WordPress site on Sept. 23, 2014; quickly building an audience and becoming part of the SBNation family of sites on Nov. 24 of that same year; and then having to regroup and become a new, independent site nine years later on March 29, 2023; it is with a great deal of sadness and regret that I have to inform you The Mane Land will not continue.

This isn’t a money thing. We’re used to having to pay to play after going independent following SBNation’s decision to cut a huge chunk of its soccer sites three years ago. We’ve recouped some of our expenses through an insanely successful initial GoFundMe drive and a far less successful Buy Me a Coffee subscription campaign since 2023.

But the rigors and stress of being plugged in 365 days a year (give or take a few), running the site, and covering a growing schedule of games each year with dwindling staff resources has taken its toll. It is time to call it a day.

I don’t have a lot of regrets about running TML the last 12 years, but I have one major one — my inability to recruit replacements for staff members who have left. A lack of manpower has forced TML to scale back over the years when I would rather have grown it, and it is a constant source of frustration that we can’t provide a lot of what I originally envisioned, or indeed some of the things we used to be able to provide (e.g., weekend Lion Links, OCB previews, more feature stories, video content, Pride player grades, etc.). Friends and family I’ve spoken with have suggested keeping the site going but only covering the MLS site. That’s just not in my DNA. Women’s sports need to have their signal boosted far more than the men do. Others have suggested just scaling back to a few days a week. I don’t know how to do that and still cover double game weeks. As it is, there are only a few folks on staff that physically live in town and can cover matches in person.

I still enjoy doing this. I’m willing to pay the costs of the annual registrations, renewals, filings, hosting fees, etc., even though they add up to hundreds of dollars annually. It’s about the attrition of the staff over the years. All of us still here are experiencing some level of burnout, and although I’ve willingly stepped in and filled in for others for various reasons as staffers have cut back on contributions, adding to my own already nonexistent bandwidth, the proverbial wall has been hit. I scaled back my activities this season only because Matt and Don joined us and provided some relief, allowing me to take off most of Orlando City’s road games and for Sean, dealing with his own burnout, to attend Pride home games as a Season Ticket Member rather than work the matches.

There just isn’t any solution here that I’m happy with, so I’m going to take care of my mental health.

My deepest thanks to the staff members who have volunteered to cover the club with me over the years. In addition to myself, there are 94 other people who have either contributed to at least one story, provided photography services, copyedited, served as social media or comments admins, or some combination of those tasks since 2014. That’s a lot of people, and although there are far more who contributed for less than six months than who contributed for at least five of the last 12 years, every single contribution has my deepest appreciation.

Not many people make any money as soccer bloggers, and certainly no one at this site has made anything more than a few bucks’ worth of beer money, and even that hasn’t happened since 2024. So, it is astounding that apart from just a couple of guys who joined prior to the 2026 season (Matt [last name redacted at his request] and Don VanDemark, who are the only reason this post didn’t come 11 months sooner), this current staff has people who have been with The Mane Land for: two years (Andrew DeSalvo), six years (Joshua Taylor), eight years (Dan MacDonald), nine years (Ben Miller), 10 years (Marcus Mitchell), 11 years (David Rohe), and 12 years (Sean Rollins — the 10^th contributor ever to join the staff, just days before we moved to SBNation).

Without the folks above and dozens like them who have come and gone through our virtual office (and who are listed below this post) our local coverage of Orlando City, the Orlando Pride, and OCB would never have happened. I could not have done it without them all, especially the last few years.

Screen shot of our original show, UpRoar from 2015.

I offer my sincere thanks to our readers and podcast listeners who have volunteered to do something/anything to help us out. I couldn’t even find the time before the season started to onboard a couple of prospective volunteer editors. This is my failing and no one else’s, and I own it. I’ve known for years that I’ve been overextended. For a while, I was hosting four different podcasts and writing three blogs in addition to working my day job. It was never sustainable, but I always felt like if I could just keep things going a little longer, some new staff members would eventually come along. Fool that I was. I have cut back in other areas but it hasn’t been enough, and some of those other side gigs pay enough that I have to keep them.

It’s a sad time for us, but I am excited that our staff will get a much-deserved break. They have earned it. They’ve been so damn great over the years. And I haven’t always been easy on them…burnout, frustration at not realizing my vision, mounting losses by the club we cover…they add up. I don’t mean to take any of that out on anyone but find myself doing it anyway and usually don’t even realize it until later. Big thanks to all of them for putting up with me.

Quick side story, if you’ll indulge me: I went on a three-day cruise a couple of years ago and I did not buy the internet package, leaving the staff to take care of things during my absence. I came back feeling 10 years younger, clear of mind, and more refreshed than I’ve felt in a long time. That feeling didn’t wear off for a few weeks after the trip. It was a wake-up call telling me how hard I’ve been grinding since I was in my late 40s (I turned 60 in September). My mind needs more quiet. I want to have the time to read books again. I want to go to concerts on Saturday nights sometimes without checking the soccer schedule. Beach weekends. You get the idea…normal people stuff. My daughter, who was not yet a teenager when our blog began, graduates from high school in the spring. I want to be as present as I can for her before she leaves the nest and becomes her own person.

I’m so proud of what our little site has accomplished over the years. We are the longest-running source of daily local coverage covering OCSC and have covered the College Cup, the Copa America, the FIFA Club World Cup, international friendlies, the Florida Cup, U.S. World Cup qualifiers, and more, in addition to covering three local professional teams regularly. We got to cover Orlando City’s U.S. Open Cup championship and the Orlando Pride’s 2024 double. It’s been a while, but we’ve even broken some stories about the club from time to time, even though that’s not really our main focus, and do you have any idea how hard it is to beat Paul Tenorio to any story? Didn’t happen often, but the couple of times it did, it felt like winning a trophy. It was a treat to spend a couple years in the pressbox next to him, just absorbing.

Big thanks to my comrades in arms in the Orlando City and Orlando Pride pressbox over the years: Paul Tenorio, Alicia Del Gallo, Jordan Culver, Julia Poe, (former TML contributor) Austin David, Mike Gramajo, and (former TML contributor) Kyle Foley. I know there were many others, but that was the core of press row, and I enjoyed spending time with them all.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank so many of the club’s helpful communications professionals over the years: Lenny Santiago, Jhamie Chin, Rafa Cabrera, Lucas Casas, Jacky Ramos, Jackie Maynard, Hannah Drosdick, Rob Hildreth (my fellow Buckeye!), Omar Gonzalez, Lucas Medeiros, and Harrison Garner. I’m sure I’m forgetting some. That happens over the course of a dozen years.

Perhaps the best part of having run The Mane Land all these years has been meeting so many fantastic people through the years, both in the soccer world and in our readership/podcast audience, and I feel beyond blessed to have shared the last 12 years with you all.

This is especially true of our amazing Founders. Without those who contributed an astonishing amount to our pivot to independence after we got whacked by SBNation, we would have closed up shop three years ago. You guys financed us for a couple of years on that one fundraising drive. I also want to give a shout out to our Buy Me a Coffee membership subscribers and donors. It was a small but mighty group, and every little bit helped us keep the lights on. We can’t thank you enough.

Image of Chris Mueller celebrating on the backdrop from The Sound of Music. — We’ve had some fun over the years and had to do *something* with a great picture of Chris Mueller.

What happens next? Well, we have already established an internal series of potential dates for our final posts. Those dates are dependent upon when Orlando City is eliminated or (far less likely, but we’re here for it) wins the whole damn thing. We will end SkoPurp Soccer in another couple of weeks. We’ll keep The Mane Land PawedCast going slightly past the end of the Lions’ postseason run.

The website itself will be up for at least a year. I want to archive the stories, even if I never look at any of them again, because hey…you never know. Maybe I take a year off, discover I’m feeling great and miss the writing, find a larger group of writers and editors itching to cover the club the way we did in the early days, and pick up where we left off. You never know what the future will bring.

Again: thank you all. We aren’t quite finished yet, but in the interest of transparency, it was important to let you know what’s coming.

Below is a full list of all TML staff members from start to end in the order they joined. They all have my eternal gratitude and all are part of this site’s history.