When midfielder Cam Lindley played college soccer last year at North Carolina, he never thought a year later he would be training on a deep Orlando City squad stacked with big-name talents from across Major League Soccer. Lindley, a fellow rookie alongside Chris Mueller, said it was surreal to now be teammates with Sacha Kljestan, […]
Author: Mike Gramajo
Entering his third professional year, Pierre Da Silva knows he’ll have to work a lot harder in 2018 to earn time with Orlando City. Twice as hard, especially after the club opted to forgo Orlando City B’s participation in the 2018 USL season. “It’s harder competition now because there’s no OCB. … OCB was a […]
When reports late last year the Columbus Crew could soon relocate to Austin, Texas, Justin Meram began weighing his future with the club. Concerns about the Crew leaving Columbus helped trigger Meram’s trade to Orlando City last month, a decision he said that wasn’t easy but had to happen eventually. “It was part of it, […]
Two days into training, center back Amro Tarek is aiming to make an instant impact for Orlando City during the 2018 Major League Soccer season. Tarek, 25, was acquired by the Lions on a one-year loan from Egyptian side Wadi Delga FC. His move, though, comes at a pivotal moment, with Orlando City having only […]
[bc_video video_id=”5726686519001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”autoplay” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] After missing out again on making the MLS Cup playoffs last year, Orlando City coach Jason Kreis knew drastic changes needed to be made. “I don’t think we went into this offseason saying we need to get better in the goal scoring, but not […]
Josué Colmán will admit moving to the United States from his native Paraguay wasn’t an easy decision. Colmán, 19, is one of several new faces Orlando City acquired during the offseason, penning a five-year contract and becoming Orlando’s newest youngest designated player for the upcoming season. While taking on an important responsibility as the club’s […]
For Yoshimar Yotún, 2018 is arguably shaping up to be the most important year of his professional career.Yotún will be playing his first full season with Orlando City, but most important, he will more than likely represent the Peruvian national team when it participates in this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. “This is a […]
[bc_video video_id=”5716794549001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] A new-look Orlando City squad took the field Monday morning for the first day of preseason training camp. Among the new faces that took the field for the very first time in purple at Sylvan Lake Park were Paraguayan international Josué Colmán, midfielders Sacha Kljestan and Cameron Lindley and forward Stefano […]
RJ Allen is one of the newest faces joining Orlando City ahead of the 2018 Major League Soccer season, but he is quite familiar with Lions coach Jason Kreis. After playing for Kreis at New York City FC in 2015, Allen is excited to reunite with the coach now leading Orlando City. “I think whenever […]
[bc_video video_id=”5713862797001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] The MLS Player Combine wrapped up Wednesday in Orlando. The nearly week-long event saw 70 MLS prospects take the field at Orlando City Stadium on three separate days for full-field matches. Players tried their best to impress MLS coaches and raise their stock ahead of Friday’s MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia. […]