Orlando City B

We will get you ready for the New England game in just a bit.

We also got some OCB to talk about.

They've released some roster status updates at the end of the MLS Next Pro season.

And, of course, we've got our mailbag box.

That's it.

You still get a star.

All right, Dave, let's have an OCB Minute.

All right.

We're, like, right at the edge.

There was roster moves officially announced today by OCB that we can get into a little bit.

Titus Sandy Jr.'s option was declined, and then the two that we kind of knew about Nacho Gomez, his loan was terminated.

And Pedro Leal, his transfer to, I'm guessing it's pronounced Hata FC.

Obviously, yeah.

Obviously, those last two we knew, and then Titus Andy was the new one that was the client.

Players under contract for 2027 for OCB.

There's seven of them.

my God.

I was going to say, so when he signed with Orlando City in 2022, he was with the Orlando City B team, the second team.

And until January of 2025, Tones, he finally breaks into the first team.

And then that summer, he gets called into the Gold Cup.

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so again this is a name that you guys should familiarize yourself with now i promise you he's going to be with ocb at some point next year if it isn't the start of the season it will definitely be a little bit later in the season he is all that talent and then some no doubt about that The other thing I'll say as well is that Orlando City B right now has been calling some guys in to sort of trial for OCB, and there's been some really strong talent that has gotten opportunities to trial with them.

We continue to work on that purple pipeline, right? We continue to find ways to trust the process, as Ricardo asks us to do, to bring these guys in.

And I think what you're going to see, and Luis and I talked about this when all the changes for the Academy were coming, I think you're going to see the average age of the Academy drop a little bit.

... level of consistency with his play.

And what was one of the suggestions, Luis, that I've made on a few shows earlier in the season? My suggestion was send him down to OCB, let him get consistent playing time, and then when the first team needs him, he's ready to go because he's been playing, right? It's like you're trying to put a pitcher in who's cold.

That's what you're doing with a guy like this.

And again, I'm not trying to make excuses for the guy.

[laughs] It's not his game.

It's never been, it's never been his game.

He's, as we talked about all the time, with OCB, he's all gas, no brakes.

He, he would just outscore teams, and that's how OCB would win games.

Mm-hmm

... only plays for Orlando B.

This was, like, his first or second actual-

Yeah, he's, he's really young.

So we'll discuss all of that and more.

Uh, then we'll dis- dive in, uh, straight to OCB.

Uh, today was, uh...

it seems like it, it was back to school, [laughs] right? Uh, we have Belgadir and Landon Okonkski sign, uh, by...

Obviously, you don't hand out MLS Next Pro contracts unless you see a first team potential down the line, and both of them have that first team potential clause in there.

So keep an eye on those two.

I feel OCB matches are gonna be getting more interesting, especially for the guys who cover, uh, OCB, like my friend David here.

So w- what are your thoughts on these two signings, uh, David, and, uh, how excited are you to, to see them, uh, signing their contracts to OCB with the potential hopefully of, uh, showcase, being showcased, uh, in the first team?

So I can see goals going in on both sides.

Yeah, I can see if anyone's going to have the shutout, I feel like it's going to be Crewe, because I trust our backline a little bit better than an aging Jansen Krapow and, you know, a bunch of Orlando B-team players.

But I don't know.

It's because our attack is still a little shaky.

But besides just Grizzy, you know, getting your, you know, signatures and, and everything filled out, it's cool.

And then there was a scrimmage between OCB, uh, and the first team.

Um, from what I understand, uh, 'cause I saw a little bit of it, not all of it, but, um, it was a much closer match than some people were hoping for.

I'm not gonna read too much into it, 'cause again, it's a scrimmage and who knows what the, what the game plan was with that.

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they continue to find ways to add more and more talent to their academy.

Um, you're gonna see it, I think, next year with OCB.

You know, when we get into the off-season, we'll have a lot of chats about, you know, what is this, how is this team gonna build? What's it gonna look like under Gary Lewis? Um, you know, and all that kind of stuff.