PawedCast Episode 149: Orlando City Off-Season and Tom Traxler Interview

With the 2018 MLS and NWSL seasons behind Orlando fans, we turn our attention to the Orlando City goings-on of the off-season, notably the partnership with Wolfsburg and the hiring of Ricardo Moreira as OCSC’s new director of scouting. We’ve also got some words to say about the USMNT and USWNT and their final matches of 2018.

Orlando SeaWolves Head Coach Tom Traxler stopped by to visit and tell us about how he became the gaffer for the new MASL side, how former Lions on the new indoor team are handling the transition, which players we should watch for this season, and what drew him to the indoor game.

We answer some soccer and Thanksgiving-themed questions in our mailbag segment and then we played everyone’s favorite off-season game, trying to determine who on Orlando City’s roster will stay for 2019 or go elsewhere.

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Here’s how show No. 149 went down:

0:12 - Orlando City’s new partnership with VfL Wolfsburg, the hiring of a director of scouting, and the two U.S. national teams close their 2018 campaigns.

21:03 - Tom Traxler joins us to talk about his new challenge at the helm of the Orlando SeaWolves.

47:43 - We answer listener questions and play “who stays and who goes” with the Orlando City roster.

We’ll see you in December!