PawedCast Episode 392: Orlando City's Roster, Signings and Departures, Oscar Pareja's New Deal, MLS SuperDraft, 2024 Schedule, and More

Our best-laid plans to go monthly in the off-season didn't last very long. We're back after only 16 days with a brand new show and it's a big one. The club has been extremely busy since we released episode 391 and we just had to talk about all of the goings on we've seen in the past couple of weeks.

Our show starts with our discussion of Orlando City's roster decisions after the 2023 season and a look back at what we got right and wrong in our predictions from our last show. Mostly we were right, but that's not too difficult when you know the contract situations. Still, there were some mild surprises. We discussed those and how the departures of captain Mauricio Pereyra and center back Antonio Carlos could affect the Lions heading into 2024. In more positive news, we're ecstatic the club brought back Wilder Cartagena on a new two-year contract. His partnership with Cesar Araujo has been great for the club and the results on the field.

This week's mailbagbox asked us about Orlando City's 2024 MLS SuperDraft picks and their roles, Florida's state parks, cruises and all-inclusive resorts, 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.

After tackling our listeners' questions, we dove into more recent news. We talked about Oscar Pareja's new contract to stay on for the next two years, the loss of assistant coach Josema Bazan, the Lions' draft picks, the club's first friendly of 2024, Orlando City's Concacaf Champions Cup draw, the upcoming MLS schedule, and the league's attempts to pull a fast one on the U.S. Open Cup. Man, what a full show!

Here’s how No. 392 went down:

0:15 – Orlando City's post-2023 roster decisions, how well/poorly we predicted them, the departures of the captain and Antonio Carlos, and Wilder Cartagena is staying.

18:17 – The mailbagbox has questions about a variety of topics.

42:33 — Oscar Pareja is staying, Josema Bazan is not, Orlando's draft picks, a preseason friendly announced, the 2024 schedule, and more

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