PawedCast Episode 363: Ricardo Moreira Interview, Junior Urso's Return, Houston Preview, and More

When we went to our two-shows-per-week format, we intended to cut the average length of our episodes. With that in mind, we think you won't mind too much about this episode being a little longer than usual. First of all, we're giving it to you a day early and second...well, we are extremely excited to bring you our extended interview with Orlando City Technical Director and Assistant General Manager Ricardo Moreira.

Ricardo was extremely generous with his time in giving us thoughtful and comprehensive answers to the questions we asked him, as well as the questions sent in by our TML Founders. Huge thanks to Ricardo and the Orlando City communications staff for facilitating the interview. It was a lot of fun and informative as well.

Before our chat with our special guest, we discussed what Junior Urso's return means to Orlando City. It's great to have the Bear back, bringing depth and experience to a young team. We are excited to see how he fits into the rotation. We also discussed a couple of transfer rumors — one that seems likely regarding Alejandro Granados potentially heading to Europe, and one that seems less likely about the Lions being interested in USMNT fullback Bryan Reynolds.

We also discuss what the Leagues Cup is, a bit about the format, what Orlando City's path is to the knockout round, and what might wait for the Lions if they reach the Round of 32.

After our discussion with Moreira, we answered several of your questions in our mailbagbox. 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.

Finally, we touched on what OCB has coming up this weekend and gave our key matchups and score predictions for Orlando City vs. the Houston Dynamo in Leagues Cup action Friday night.

Here’s how No. 363 went down:

0:15 – The Bear is back, some transfer rumors, and Leagues Cup talk.

25:20 – Ricardo Moreira drops some knowledge on us.

57:31 – Our mailbagbox, OCB, and what we expect to see on Friday.

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