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When you just want to listen to an Elton John album and the world is piling on:
Perfectly normal thing for a player to post when they'll be back training with the team in a matter of weeks:
The proliferation of garbage marketing speak these days is maddening. Like supporters groups are sitting around going "I hope there are more fan activations this season!" This headline made my head hurt.
Nice touch for the club to honor Jeff Radcliffe before tonight's match. RIP, Jeff.
Orlando City is the healthiest it's been all season, with only one player listed as out (Joran Gerbet), with Marco Pasalic upgraded to questionable and Nolan Miller also questionable.
The opposite of what a captain should be (which, at minimum, is accountable):
The Lions and Herons will kick off before the Pride match ends. Here are your starters.
Orlando City's Leagues Cup opponents from Liga MX and where they currently sit in the table:
Anyone who would put up with watching all of this should get a medal.
The USWNT tradition of not starting a Pride player in their home stadium continues. Hopefully Emily Sams will get into the match at some point.
The NWSL keeping the start times of league games secret on Decision Day is a choice.
The Lions facing Vancouver without Pasalic, Freeman, Brekalo, and Spicer.
11 years ago today, we started a blog to tell the story of Orlando City SC. Since then, we've added coverage of the Orlando Pride and OCB. We've had 93 people contribute to our coverage over those 11 years and we thank every one of them, but mostly, we thank YOU!
We're here at Inter&Co Stadium for the Pride's first-ever Concacaf W Champions Cup game. You know it's a big continental game when the stadium advertising is covered up.
Nine years ago today, this was the starting lineup that beat New York City FC 2-1 on Kaka's brace.
Our 500th episode of The Mane Land PawedCast is live wherever you get your podasts! (The post on the site will go live later this morning.) Big thanks to Duncan McGuire and Dagur Dan Thorhallsson for their kind words. And thanks to our listeners for making it worthwhile!
Tonight's starting XI: Pedro Gallese; David Brekalo, Robin Jansson, Rodrigo Schlegel, Alex Freeman; Ivan Angulo, Cesar Araujo, Eduard Atuesta, Marco Pasalic; Martin Ojeda, Luis Muriel. #LeaguesCup
Can't believe we have to say this, but yeah, the original post wasn't a political post. Unless you count the fact that sports are political. It's a sports post, in other words.