SANFORD, Fla. — For Orlando City goalkeeper coach Thabane Sutu, coaching in Central Florida is easy. He’s locked in while he’s at work. Along with head coach James O’Connor and the rest of Orlando City’s coaching staff, he can be at Sylvan Lake Park for roughly 12 hours in a day. He’s put in hours […]
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SANFORD, Fla. — There’s a different feel to Orlando City’s attack these days. Under head coach James O’Connor, whose first match was against LAFC, the Lions have scored first in two of their past three matches in league play. During the 17 matches prior to O’Connor’s arrival, Orlando City scored the first goal twice. They’ve […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For a moment, it looked like Orlando City would walk into MAPRE Stadium and hand the fourth-place Columbus Crew a stunning defeat. The Lions were up 2-1 with the match winding down and successfully turned away a slew of late chances from the Crew. Then, in the 86th minute, the ref’s whistle […]
The momentum from Orlando City’s first league win in two months didn’t carry over into U.S. Open Cup play. The Lions went into Talen Energy Stadium Wednesday night looking for their first berth in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup as an MLS club and came out sluggish, conceded early and never found an […]
SANFORD, Fla — Orlando City goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. didn’t know he was going to get his first MLS start this season until just before the club went out for warmups ahead of its match against Toronto FC. Saturday’s match was a chance for Edwards – a backup goalkeeper since he was selected 43rd overall […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”291″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] ORLANDO, Fla. — A wise man once said that there comes a time to stop looking out the window and start looking in the mirror. Maybe new no-nonsense and nose-to-the-grindstone coach James O’Connor has finally forced Orlando City — its players and its management […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”291″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] ORLANDO, Fla. – For the first time in months, Orlando City striker Dom Dwyer had a reason to do a backflip. By the time Orlando City’s Saturday night match against Toronto FC was over, the entire club had reason to celebrate. At long last, […]