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PawedCast Episode 459: Orlando City Roster Decisions and Facundo Torres Gone?


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Orlando City's end-of-season roster update undercut out annual stays/goes segment, but that's OK. What it lacks in drama, it makes up for in us being able to say we were right more often. But we'll get to that.

We open the show with an MLS NEXT scoreboard check and it turns out the Orlando City SC Development Academy is doing just fine.

After that, we bid former OCSC captain Nani an extremely enjoyable retirement. The flashy and fiery Portuguese winger has called it a career and left an indelible mark on the city of Orlando in his couple of years with the Lions. We also debate whether he could end up in Orlando City's ring of honor at Inter&Co Stadium.

This week's mailbagbox asked about stuff Alexi Lalas said and what kinds of things we prefer to put off until later. 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.

Finally, we address some breaking news (as we recorded) that Orlando City and Palmeiras had reached an agreement on a transfer that would send Facundo Torres to Brazil. The report from Tom Bogert at the time mentioned the deal was contingent on Torres reaching an agreement with the club, and we debated how the deal makes sense (or doesn't) for the Uruguayan winger.

That was the perfect segue into our annual stays/goes segment, in which we go through the Orlando City roster to figure out which Lions will still be on the team next year. As mentioned, the roster decisions release kind of makes things clear, but there's a lot that can happen in an off-season, and if a domino falls (say...the transfer of the team's leading offensive weapon), it could change the math. The MLS Expansion Draft also could throw a wrench into the works.

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Here’s how No. 459 went down:

0:15 – Some Orlando City academy scores and Nani's retirement.

12:53 - Our mailbagbox is light but mighty.

31:02 – Addressing the breaking news report that a transfer might be in place to send Facundo Torres to Brazil and our annual walk through the Orlando City roster.

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