Orlando City’s roster rebuild ahead of the 2019 season is underway. The club on Tuesday confirmed it will send Libyan left back/winger Mohamed El-Munir to LAFC in exchange for Portuguese left back João Moutinho, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. The Mane Land on Sunday first reported a deal to send […]
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Orlando City’s disappointing season ends on Sunday. The Lions (8-21-4, 28 points) take on the New York Red Bulls in Red Bull Arena on Decision Day and are playing for nothing but pride and the chance to stop the Red Bulls (21-7-5, 68 points) from winning the Supporters’ Shield. Since the success on the pitch […]
Orlando City’s Mohamed El-Munir knows there wasn’t enough effort during the Lions’ 4-0 loss to the Chicago Fire. It was arguably the Lions’ worst performance of the season. Orlando City went down a goal in the third minute and never looked competitive before the Fire sent the Lions to the bottom of the Eastern Conference […]
Orlando City left back Mohamed El-Munir’s past year has been full of changes. He joined Orlando City – and MLS – from Serbian SuperLiga side Partizan Belgrade. During his first season playing in the U.S., he’s gone through a midseason coaching change and, since that change, has played primarily at a different position. El-Munir has […]
Orlando City midfielder Pierre Da Silva wasn’t sure he’d get minutes during Orlando City’s match against Atlanta United. Like he has throughout the season, he just stayed ready. When he was subbed on in the 61st minute of Orlando City’s 2-1 loss the Five Stripes, he was a bit nervous. By the time his first […]
SANFORD, Fla. — If Orlando City manages to make the playoffs, it’ll be after scrapping and clawing its way out of the worst stretch of games in the club’s short MLS history. The Lions (7-14-1, 22 points) have lost 12 of their past 13 games. Last season included a 13-match stretch with just one win, […]
SANFORD, Fla. — Mohamed El-Munir’s first season with Orlando City has been tough to fully appraise, even for El-Munir. One on hand, El-Munir has wowed spectators and teammates with his hustle as a left back. He helped Orlando City salvage a season-opening 1-1 draw against D.C. United by chasing down Darren Mattocks in what still […]
LOS ANGELES — Orlando City lost its ninth consecutive match Saturday night against LAFC. The 4-1 scoreline was the result of two late goals from LAFC after Orlando City had a would-be equalizer called back in the 73rd minute. Here are three things we learned from the match: Orlando City’s defense is still a problem […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”160″ 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″] COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — For the second time this season, Mohamed El-Munir came through with a challenge to stop a goal that would have robbed points from Orlando City. In the 92nd minute of the Lions’ 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids, El-Munir stopped […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”115″ 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″] Through six Orlando City matches, the only player who has been a constant on the back line has been left back Mohamed El-Munir. He’s one of four players who have played in all 540 minutes of Orlando City’s season. The other three are midfielders […]