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Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and the third installment of our 2026 Major League Soccer previews in which we'll cover Orlando, Philadelphia and Toronto in the East.

Then we're going to skip over to the west to preview Austin, Colorado and Dallas.

So strap in, it's about to get very major league soccer up in here. My name's Ryan Bailey. Join me today. Tater Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. Hello. I love that we've had to do it the way we've had where we're breaking down the conferences in the middle of an episode. And I love that the league is structured such that we're not even going to do a break and then come back with the Western Conference. We're transitioning to the Western Conference in the middle of the second segment. This is some lovely scheduling. I play Major League Soccer. That's right, Taylor. It's called B-Block because it bridges the nation together. Yes, much like the Midwest. That's right. That's right. The B-block of the country, apparently. The nation's people fly over block, but do listen to that block. Dear listener, Jeff Routis here. Hi, Jeff. How are you? I'm well. I'm well. We're not even just bridging one country. We're bridging two as we go from Toronto to Austin. Look at all the opportunities we've just created. Excellent. Borders and boundaries mean nothing to us on Total Soccer Show today. wonderful to see. Lots of Major League Soccer previewing to be done. Joe Lowry's here to help us.

Hi, Joe. Hey, I am stoked to be here and really, I'm just here for Ryan's skyline facts. So I'm locked in for that. Let's go. Oh, I've got so many topographical skyline geographical things coming your way, Joe. So strap in. You've already been born to strap in. That's your second morning. Graham Rubden, hello. Hello, Ryan Bailey. Do you have the height of the Epcot ball locked and loaded for my Orlando preview? Is that your skyline fact for Orlando? No, no. No, hang on. Need new fact. Sorry, one second. There we go. Very good. I saw a video on the socials, Graham, of someone complaining that not all the lights were on, on the Epcot ball. Like, there was a few lights. I want a refund. We could go deep on this. I won't. People are annoyed. Yeah. Do you want to know my other skyline fact about Disney World? The Tower of Terror is just built... Actually, no, I do, I do, I do. Grand Say it. I want to hear it. So if the Tower of Terror was a metre higher, it would have to have a little red blinking light on the top of it for local laws, for planes and stuff. But they built at that specific height because they didn't want anything to spoil the theming. Disney facts. You're welcome. I'm glad that the planes will never go one metre lower than intended and that will not be a danger for the citizens of Orlando. That's wonderful. Excellent. Very good. All right. You know what else is very good? Our Patreon, patreon.com slash total soccer show,

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Come join us, patreon.com slash total soccer show. It's a lot of fun. Okay, let's get to our Major League Soccer previews. We're going to go down to the aforementioned Mousehouse City, Orlando, Graham Rutherford. Would you like to hear a fact? This is an animal fact. Would I ever? It's not a mouse fact, though.

All the swans in Orlando's Lake Eola, I think it's pronounced Aola, the one in downtown Orlando,

they are descended from a gift from Queen Elizabeth II in 1957.

She gave Orlando a pair of royal swans, and the city has now built that swan population

from those two swans.

They're so iconic, they're apparently basically unofficial city mascots.

And Orlando City, excuse me, their mascot, a lion, also British symbolism.

The UK's MLS Club, Graham, yes, yes?

Certainly my MLS club, my spiritual home.

See, Orlando's full of all kinds of wonders.

It's not just chain restaurants and international drive. There's apparently swans at the lake. But the team last season, a place

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