Orlando City
Orlando City vs. Charlotte FC: Player Grades and Man of the Match
In Orlando City’s first match since ending its Concacaf Champions League run midweek, the Lions remained at home at Exploria Stadium, but walked away with their first league loss, 2-1 to Charlotte FC. Martín Ojeda opened his scoring account with Orlando City, but the team was already trying to catch back up from the two-goal deficit it spotted the visitors in the first half.
While Orlando had chances at intervals throughout the night, the Lions yet again lacked the potency to finish that is required to win in this league. Charlotte FC finds its first three points of the season at the expense of Orlando. Here’s how each Lion individually performed in the loss.
Starters
GK, Pedro Gallese, 5.5 — Gallese has bailed the club out night after night this season, but the like everything in life, all good things come to an end. He made his first massive save of the night in the 25th minute when McKinze Gaines fired a shot from the right side of the box. However, just moments later Enzo Copetti was able to beat Gallese 1-v-1 in the 26th minute and the Peruvian likely should have done better. He came up with two saves and four clearances. He was accurate on four of seven long balls and completed 89.7% of his 29 passes.
D, Rafael Santos, 4 — If you forgot to look at the team sheet, you might not even know Santos was out there. It was a forgettable match for the left back that ultimately saw him excused at the interval. He made efforts to overlap down the line, but his teammates refused to pass him the ball at times. When he did find himself on the ball, he was only able to complete 60% of his 28 passes and did not complete any of his four long ball attempts. Defensively, Santos made only one tackle and intercepted the ball twice. It will be interesting to see how long before Head Coach Oscar Pareja calls upon his services again.
D, Robin Jansson, 6 — The center back came up big with his body on the line in the third minute with a block in the six-yard box that could have easily been a tap-in opportunity for Charlotte. However, Jansson later found himself on the wrong side of Copetti on Charlotte’s opening goal when the striker was played over the top. The Beefy Swede once again was the anchor of Orlando City’s back line and led the team with five clearances, four tackles, and an interception. He also led the team in passes with 88 at an 84% rate and had 101 touches. He completed five of his 13 long balls and had a key pass to his name.
D, Rodrigo Schlegel, 5 — Schlegel found himself in a tough match-up with Copetti. There was a clear talent gap on the night. For Schlegel, perhaps only allowing Copetti one goal would actually be considered a win in his book. But unfortunately for the fans, it does not equate to a win in the standings column. Schlegel made four tackles with as many clearances alongside two interceptions. He was third on the team in passes, with 60, but only completed those at a 76.7% rate and turned it over several times in his own end. He aired out 11 long balls, with six of those finding the target. This likely won’t be a performance that Schlegel looks back fondly upon and only highlights the need for Antonio Carlos to return to action as the Argentine has played a lot of minutes in a short amount of time. It showed on this night.
D, Michael Halliday, 6 — The young right back had another fair performance and looked dangerous going forward with Charlotte playing too narrow at times. He was quick down the sideline to serve up crosses in the first half, but he was slow to understand Kerwin Vargas’ gameplay. Vargas showed that he was a very right-footed player early in the match, but Halliday let him cut inside to his right foot in the 37th minute, which led to Charlotte’s second goal of the night. Halliday had two key passes among his 26 total, which were completed at 80.8%. Defensively, he offered up two tackles, an interception, and a foul. He cleared the ball four times out of danger, but as previously mentioned, not when his team needed him most. Hopefully, Halliday can learn from this mistake and correct it for his next outing.
MF, César Araújo, 5.5 — Usually, Araújo is the nonstop defensive engine in the midfield. However, he seemed to disappear at times throughout the night, although that’s not necessarily bad for a defensive midfielder. He only had one clearance, a tackle, and committed a foul. He also found himself fouled three times. From an offensive standpoint, Araújo was accurate with 88.7% of his passes completed, 53 total. He added another two key passes and completed four of his nine long balls.
MF, Mauricio Pereyra, 5 — The captain did well to find himself linking lines from the back to the front in the second half; however, the team needed him to do that from the beginning. With 87 touches, Pereyra clearly does well finding the ball — or his teammates do well to find him — but ultimately it amounts to nothing as he lies so back deep in the park. He had two key passes and 74 total passes, completing them at a 75.7% success rate. His biggest offensive area for improvement could be his long balls. Sitting so deep, he really has to make more of his chances when trying to link from distance. Pereyra was only accurate on three of his 11 long balls. Defensively, he offered zero tackles, interceptions, or clearances. The lack of defensive statistics continues to beg the question as to why he is still utilized as more of a box-to-box midfield role than playing his natural No. 10 position.
MF, Dagur Dan Thorhallsson, 4 — While he might have the best name on the field, the midfielder didn’t have the best performance out there. The Icelandic midfielder completed one dribble but sent his lone shot just over the target. He made only 13 passes and completed 84.6% of them but did not log a single defensive statistic. Thorhallsson will need to put this performance behind him and get back to his previous form as quickly as a possible.
F, Martín Ojeda, 7 (MotM) — The Designated Player might have played what could be considered his best game of the season so far. Just minutes into the match he finished off a cross from Halliday but unfortunately mistimed his run and the goal was called back for offside. Ojeda did end up finding the net for the first time in purple though in the 57th minute, smashing in a square pass from McGuire at the six-yard box. In total, Ojeda led the team with seven shots on the night, with two of them on target. While he only had 40 touches and 22 passes, he made the most of them by completing 77.3% of them. He had one key pass and was one-for-two on long ball attempts. Defensively, Ojeda added three tackles and a clearance, while fouling one Charlotte player along the way. If Orlando can get a few performances in a row from Ojeda like this, the DP might just find the form he needs to really make a name for himself in the league this season.
F, Facundo Torres, 6 — It is quickly becoming apparent that opponents realize the need to neutralize Torres as quickly as possible. He was lively early in the night, putting his only shot on goal in the eighth minute, forcing the keeper to make the save. But after this chance, he never really found separation again or a chance to make a decent run towards goal. He passed up a couple of opportunities to shoot in the second half. Torres only found himself on the ball 48 times in the match which is low for what you would hope your playmaker to contribute. However, he completed 93% of his passes and had four key passes, one accurate cross, and two accurate long balls. His ball in behind for Duncan McGuire led to a scoring chance and, ultimately, Ojeda’s goal. He also had one interception.
F, Duncan McGuire, 6.5 — McGuire had yet another decent run out for the Lions. In the 18th minute, the rookie found himself inside the box and, despite contact, remained upright to fire a shot on goal. Another player might have gone to ground to force the referee to make a decision, but McGuire scrambled to his feet and got off a decent shot. McGuire also found himself on the receiving end of a Halliday cross in the 34th minute, but was once again stopped by the goalkeeper. McGuire’s biggest moment of the night was using his body to get in behind on goal and forcing a save. He quickly sent the rebound sideways to Ojeda for the Lions’ goal. All three of his shots were on target and called the keeper into action. And this is really what the club needs — someone to put the ball on frame consistently. McGuire also had one dribble and two key passes, but found himself offside twice. He won an aerial duel, made a clearance, and added two tackles. It might be early to say in the season, but with Ercan Kara struggling to stay fit and on the field, McGuire might just be the Lions’ most reliable striker for the time being.
Substitutes
D, Kyle Smith (46’), 6 — The veteran played on his off side but helped the team get things going down that side. Smith seemed more apt to not only make quicker runs down the left touch line but also stay goal side of his attackers. He may have only played for the second half, but he finished with 48 touches. His 86.5% success rate on 37 passes was respectable, and he was able to get off two crosses. His sole long ball also hit the mark. He also made two tackles and had an interception.
MF/D, Iván Angulo (46’), 5.5 — The lackluster first half for the Lions really left the door open for a substitute to come change the game. Angulo brought that spark to the attack early in the second half with his pace and energy. He should have done better with his shot from the top of the box in the 54th minute, which could have put Orlando back in the game, but ultimately scuffed it wide. Both shots he took missed the frame. After 27 minutes in the attack, Angulo found himself repositioned to a defensive role once Gaston Gonzalez entered the match to claim the left wing. Even in a more defensive position, Angulo logged no tackles and only one interception. He completed 84.2% of 19 total passes with two key passes. Angulo seemed to be playing better in the attack before he was bumped deeper, which is logical given his normal position.
F, Ramiro Enrique (67’), 5 — Coming on for McGuire in the second half, Enrique found himself flicking a header towards goal with his first touch but put the effort just over the crossbar. Enrique’s best moment of the night came in the 79th minute as he chipped the goalkeeper and found the net, but the assistant referee raised the flag for offside as he was working back to a legal position. He only had 11 touches and did not complete any of his three passes. He offered one tackle for the team, but he was a clear drop from the performance McGuire was putting on.
MF, Gaston Gonzalez (73’), 4.5 — The winger took one shot but missed the target. He only had 14 touches and completed all six of his passes. He completed one of his three crosses and his one long ball, but Gonzalez often finds himself not getting on the end of his teammates’ balls coming his way. He really seems to be struggling to find his form. Given his return from injury, that’s not too concerning just yet, but if this continues he could find himself lower in the rotation.
F, Jack Lynn (82’), N/A — The forward came on for Araújo late in the match to make his 2023 season debut as Oscar Pareja decided to throw the kitchen sink at the match for a result. Lynn found himself in behind the back line in the 85th minute and forced a remarkable save to keep the Lions from leveling the score. He completed his only pass with his other of two total touches.
That’s how I saw the individual performances in Orlando’s first loss of the season. Let me know your thoughts in the comments and be sure to vote for your Man of the Match below.
Polling Closed
| Player | Votes |
| Robin Jansson | 50 |
| Duncan McGuire | 19 |
| Martín Ojeda | 23 |
| Michael Halliday | 0 |
| Facundo Torres | 0 |
| Other (Tell us in the comments below) | 0 |
Orlando City
Poor Starts Hurting Orlando City
The Lions have been shaky in the first 10 minutes out of the locker room, and the results speak for themselves.
There are no two ways about it, 2026 has been an extremely rough season for Orlando City. The Lions are 1-5-0 after six games, and are only spared from the indignity of being the worst team in the league by the winless Philadelphia Union. As it is, OCSC has only scored five times in those six games while giving up a staggering 23 goals. The goal differential of -18 is eight worse than the next closest team, with CF Montreal sitting on -10.
Clearly, giving up goals in general is a big issue for this team, but let’s dig slightly deeper than that. Orlando has given up three goals inside the first 10 minutes of play on three separate occasions, and the Lions went on to lose each of those games.
That statistic speaks to a team that’s been starting games poorly, and that’s certainly backed up by the eye test. In the season opener against the New York Red Bulls, it took just seven minutes for the visitors to score, and it might have been even faster if not for a good save by Maxime Crepeau in the fifth minute. Poor marking and positioning were at least partly to blame in both cases, as the Lions simply didn’t look like they were playing at the same speed as their opponents. While the loss of Wilder Cartagena to injury didn’t help matters, being behind so early in the game put Orlando on the back foot for the rest of the half. OCSC finished the first 45 with two shots and one on target, while the Red Bulls took 13, put seven on frame, and scored another goal to make it 2-0 at the break. The Lions had a much better second half but ultimately couldn’t dig themselves out of the hole they helped create.
Against Nashville SC, Crepeau’s goal was breached five minutes into the game. This time it wasn’t the defense to blame but the goalkeeper himself, as he was caught out at his near post by a Cristian Espinoza shot that had no business going in when considering the place on the field where it was taken. Espinoza’s effort was well struck and hit with power, but it was a shocking goal to concede, especially so early in the game.
In Saturday’s loss to LAFC, it took seven minutes for Orlando to go behind. The culprit this time was David Brekalo, as he made a mess of a pretty ordinary cross into the box and, rather than clearing it, his touch took the ball beyond Crepeau for an own goal. The play looked to be extremely ordinary as it was developing, yet the Lions once again found themselves in an early hole.
If we want to go even deeper then we can look at the first 10 minutes of second halves as well, where Orlando has given up four goals. One came in the 49th minute against Miami and cut Orlando’s lead in half; two came against New York City FC in the 49th and 54th minutes and made the score 4-0 and then 5-0; and one came against Nashville in the 55th minute to make it 3-0. While its troubling to give up an early goal in the first half, there’s an argument that doing so right after halftime is even worse. The team has just had 15 minutes to talk over things that needed to change from the opening period, refocus, and prepare to put any tactical changes into place. That makes it especially frustrating to come out after halftime and see all that planning and preparation have been for nothing.
In the NYCFC game you can make the argument that the team was already down 3-0 and playing with 10 men, so there isn’t much to be learned from anything that happened after Maxime Crepeau’s red card. That isn’t the case for the other two games though, as the Lions had a lead against Miami and were only two goals down against Nashville. The coaching change didn’t do anything to fix the issue either, as four of the early goals came while Oscar Pareja was in charge, and three have been scored with Martin Perelman in command.
In total, seven of the 23 goals that Orlando has conceded have been scored within the first 10 minutes of the start of a half. For whatever reason, the team seems to struggle with coming out with focus and intensity to start halves, and that’s a huge problem for a team that has work to do in order to get its season back on track. Whether something needs to change in the team’s pregame and halftime preparations or it’s simply something that needs to be worked through with brute force, the Lions can’t afford to keep getting punched in the mouth early. This team needs points, and it needs to come out of the locker room more focused and intense if it’s going to get them. Vamos Orlando.
Lion Links
Lion Links: 4/10/26
Orlando City players up for World Cup spots, Edward Wilding named OCB head coach, Inter&Co Stadium will host international friendly, and more.
Happy Friday! Apart from working and reading, I’ve been spending most of the week trying to bake a birthday cake for the first time, and it’s much harder than I expected. Practice makes perfect though, and my apartment has been smelling better than ever as a result. Hopefully practice is just as helpful for Orlando City this week so that the Lions can stop free falling. Fingers crossed!
Orlando City World Cup Hopefuls to Watch For
Sunday night’s match between Orlando City and the Columbus Crew is a clash between two struggling Eastern Conference teams, but it’s also a chance for many players to prove they should play at the World Cup this summer. While goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau is likely to make Canada’s roster regardless, conceding an absurd amount of goals this season isn’t helping his case to start over Dayne St. Clair, but a strong performance could help turn that around. Similar things can be said about defensive midfielder Braian Ojeda, who is in the running to make Paraguay’s roster after it qualified for its first World Cup since 2010. Croatian winger Marco Pasalic started and had an assist for his country in March but only has a goal and an assist so far this season with the Lions.
Edward Wilding Named Orlando City B Head Coach
Orlando City B announced that Edward Wilding will be the team’s new head coach, making him the youngest active head coach in MLS NEXT Pro. Wilding is an internal hire who is familiar with the club’s youth system, recently serving as the head coach of the academy’s U-18 team. He replaces Manuel Goldberg, who became an assistant coach with the senior team following Oscar Pareja’s departure. For Goldberg, it may mean he’s out of a job if Martin Perelman doesn’t get the head coach gig full time with the MLS squad. OCB is currently fifth in the Eastern Conference standings after four games and its next game will be Saturday on the road against Chattanooga FC.
Inter&Co Stadium Will Host International Friendly
England will play a pair of friendlies in Florida in preparation for the World Cup and Inter&Co Stadium is set to host the team’s match against Costa Rica on June 10. It’s nice to see some international soccer coming to Inter&Co Stadium, considering last month’s friendlies featuring Brazil, Croatia, and Colombia were held at Camping World Stadium. The match in Orlando will take place a few days after England plays New Zealand over in my neck of the woods at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on June 6.
Analyzing Japan Ahead of USWNT Friendlies
The United States Women’s National Team will play Japan Saturday in the first of three April friendlies. It should be an exciting series, as the USWNT won the SheBelieves Cup while Japan won the AFC Asian Cup title in convincing fashion last month. Japan only conceded one goal over the course of the tournament, and Manchester City goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita won’t make things easy for the USWNT. As for the attack, midfielders Yui Hasegawa and Manaka Matsukubo can create plenty of chances for themselves and others. It will be interesting to see who can make an impact up top between Utah Royals forward Tanaka Mina and West Ham’s Riko Ueki during these matches as well.
Free Kicks
- FC Cincinnati is reportedly in preliminary talks with Brazilian forward Neymar. Part of me wants this to happen just to know what he thinks of Cincinnati-style chili. [Managing Editor’s note: It’s fricken delicious!]
- Ollie Watkins had a brace in Aston Villa’s 3-1 win over Bologna in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal. Elsewhere, Freiburg beat Celta Vigo, while Porto and Nottingham Forest played to a 1-1 draw.
- FIFA announced the 52 referees who will officiate World Cup matches this summer and the list includes two women, Tori Penso and Katia Garcia. A record total of 170 match officials were selected for the tournament, which makes sense considering the expanded field.
- Enjoy this dive into the analytical side of the United States Men’s National Team’s World Cup preparations.
- Left back Andy Robertson announced that he will leave Liverpool following this season after nine years with the club.
- CAF President Patrice Motsepe stated that he welcomes an investigation into corruption in the confederation following scrutiny over the decision to award the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title to Morocco.
That’s all I have for you this time around. I hope you all have a fantastic Friday and rest of your weekend. Go Orlando!
Orlando City
Orlando City, Pride, and OCB Players Who Have Been On Fire Early in 2026
An early look at the Orlando players from all three clubs who rank among the league’s best at their positions.
The calendar turned to April last week, bringing to mind the famous proverb “April showers bring May flowers.” It has been a pretty rough opening stretch of the season for Orlando City, and since our Sean Rollins covered a lot of those ghastly details in his article on Monday, I want to go the other way, channeling my inner James Taylor and showering the teams I love with love by taking a look at the individual players on all three Orlando teams who are off to excellent starts this season.
One of the three Orlando teams will be featured far less than the other two, and unless you are an April fool or only found this article because you have Google alerts set for (Sweet Baby) James Taylor references, I think you have a pretty good idea which team that will be.
I am a big fan of the metric that American Soccer Analysis created called goals added (g+), as it wraps up all of a player’s contributions into a measure of how they contributed to a team’s goal differential compared to other players who play the same position. These g+ values are not tied to a team’s actual goal differential, otherwise everyone on Orlando City would have deeply negative values, but g+ is calculated by looking at every play made and calculating whether that play contributed positively or negatively towards a team’s chance of scoring or conceding a goal.
I took the data from all three leagues (MLS, MLS NEXT Pro, and the NWSL) and filtered it down to only players who have played at least 135 minutes so far. I felt like a game and a half was a good measure, considering every team except one across all three leagues has played four to six total games. Then, with what was left, I used the positional rankings to see where Orlando players ranked among all of the players in those positional groups. As a note, American Soccer Analysis includes stoppage time minutes in their models, which I believe is actually a better measure of minutes played than what the leagues track on their own websites.
Let’s start with the league with the most qualified players, Major League Soccer. As a quick note on the positions below, these are American Soccer Analysis‘ classifications for the positions on the field. They code dozens of games across different leagues every weekend and classify players into GK (goalkeeper), FB (fullback), CB (center back), DM (defensive midfielder), CM (center midfielder, mostly used by teams that play a 4-3-3 or a flat 4-4-2), W (winger), AM (attacking midfielder), and ST (striker). The classifications are not perfect, especially for players who play multiple positions but are listed only in one or for teams who go with different formations based on the opponent, but this data reflects the positional coding as of this week.
| Position* | Total Qualified Players | Qualified OCSC Players | OCSC in Top 50% | OCSC in Top 25% | OCSC in Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FB | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CB | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DM | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CM | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W | 78 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| AM | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ST | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
*I am using the positions listed by American Soccer Analysis’ analysts, though they listed Tahir Reid-Brown as a center back and he should have been a fullback.
This section will be short and unsweet, because not a single Orlando City player is ranked in the top quarter of MLS players at their position through six games. The highest ranked Lions are Martín Ojeda (seventh among attacking midfielders, just missing out on the top 25%), Javier Otero (15th among goalkeepers), and Tiago (17th among strikers). I think we should move on.
MLS NEXT Pro is next, and thankfully the story here is more enjoyable.
| Position | Total Qualified Players | Qualified OCB Players | OCB in Top 50% | OCB in Top 25% | OCB in Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FB | 83 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CB | 80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DM | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CM | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W | 71 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| AM | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ST | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MLS NEXT Pro has 32 teams, so there are the most players among the three leagues. However, most teams have only played four or five games, so the 135-minute threshold was met by fewer players than in MLS. Even so, it is still difficult to be among the top 10% of players at a position, and there are two Young Lions who reached that lofty rank: Harvey Sarajian as the No. 3 winger and Justin Ellis as the best attacking midfielder. Gustavo Caraballo (No. 11 winger) and Bernardo Rhein (No. 9 fullback, one spot outside the top 10%) also are in the top 25% at their respective positions.
I am interested to see who is with OCB for its game on Saturday night at Chattanooga FC. Orlando City plays on Sunday night at Columbus, so in theory, most players will be available, but depending on Orlando City’s injury situation, the senior club may need to hold players out of playing with OCB to keep them available for the game against the Crew. This may give some other OCB players the chance to show what they can do and to work their way up the depth chart and the positional rankings.
Lastly, let’s flip over to the women’s game and take a look at how the Pride’s players are doing.
| Position | Total Qualified Players | Qualified Pride Players | Pride in Top 50% | Pride in Top 25% | Pride in Top 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FB | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CB | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DM | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CM | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| AM | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ST | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The Pride match OCB with two players in the top 10% at their positions, but my guess is that few people would successfully guess both players on the first attempt. The first is easy. Barbra Banda is not only the top-ranked striker but is also the best player in the league at her respective position and at all positions, as in only five games she is already at a towering +2.94 goals added as compared to the average striker. The next highest goals added at any position is +1.09 by center back Tara Rudd of the Washington Spirit, and those are the only two NWSL players who currently are more than +1.00 goals added better than the average player at any position, with Banda adding nearly two more goals than Rudd. She has been outstanding.
The other player who is in the top 10 at her position is — and if you guessed this then you need to come join our staff and teach me your ways — center back Hannah Anderson. The former Chicago Star is likely up in that top 10 because center backs do not score a lot of goals, but she did score one, and she is among the league leaders for touches in the opposition box by center backs. She is probably not going to displace Rafaelle or Hailie Mace in the starting lineup, and thus may not play enough minutes to continue to qualify for the rankings, but Anderson has played well during her minutes this season and is one of only four Pride players who have scored a goal.
Aside from Anderson and Banda, a few other Pride players nearly cracked the top 25% at their positions but fell just shy. Oihane, Ally Lemos, and Summer Yates all were within the top third at their positions (fullback, defensive midfielder, and attacking midfielder, respectively), and Rafaelle (center back) and Jacquie Ovalle (winger) were right at the top 35% mark. Despite her two goals, (usual) defensive midfielder Haley McCutcheon did not crack the top half of attacking midfielders, but that is a loaded position in the NWSL, and Yates may be getting a boost because she has played limited minutes, so her extrapolated numbers look better than McCutcheon’s, who has played every minute thus far this season.
None of the three Orlando teams are off to blazing starts this season, with Orlando City in 14th in the Eastern Conference, OCB fifth in the Eastern Conference, and the Pride sixth in the NWSL standings. Several players are off to excellent starts though, and based on how they have earned their way to the top of their respective league’s positional rankings they will probably be in the mix to stay there all season. Other top players (Wilder Cartagena, Robin Jansson, Marta, a certain striker from France) still have yet to play any significant minutes, but all are capable of playing well enough to end up high in the positional rankings once they get on the field.
Due to an international break, the Pride have one game remaining in April, but OCB has three more games and Orlando City four (plus a U.S. Open Cup match) before the month ends. Hopefully, a little April showering of love on the leading Orlando players will lead not only to May flowers but also June flowers, July flowers, August flowers, September flowers…I think you get where I am going, and sorry James Taylor, but this time I’m not quoting you, because I am not going to Carolina in my mind.
Here at The Mane Land it is all City Beautiful — winter, spring, summer, or fall.
Vamos Orlando!
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