Twitter reacts to… Orlando City SC’s 2018 protected player list

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As is customary in Major League Soccer, the league requests that clubs release protected player lists at the end of each campaign, and Orlando City SC did just that today.

With the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft taking place tomorrow, new boys FC Cincinnati start construction of their inaugural 2019 roster, but the Ohio franchise won’t be able to sign these 11 Lions stars. Continue reading

Twitter reacts to… Orlando City SC signing Tesho Akindele

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While many were sceptical whether Orlando City SC would actually take advantage of Major League Soccer’s half-day trade window that opened for four hours yesterday, there’s already a new man in the building for 2019 – Tesho Akindele.

Orlando City SC announced the signing of the 26-year-old Canadian international forward from FC Dallas yesterday in exchange for $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money in 2019 and $50,000 of General Allocation Money in 2020. Continue reading

Twitter reacts to… Orlando City SC’s 2018 end-of-season roster update

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This evening (UK time), Orlando City SC officially announced their updated first team roster following the end of the 2018 Major League Soccer campaign.

The first comprehensive evidence as to who is staying, potentially remaining and departing Orlando City Stadium before 2019, there were a few surprise names in the ‘option not exercised’ column. Continue reading

Twitter reacts to… Niki Budalic’s Orlando City SC exit

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Yesterday, Orlando City SC announced they had parted company with General Manager of Soccer Operations Niki Budalic with immediate effect.

Originally appointed into the position of Assistant General Manager in January 2016, the much-maligned Ontario native is departing Central Florida following Orlando City SC‘s worst Major League Soccer campaign to date. Continue reading

53% of Lions fans want Cyle Larin back at Orlando City SC

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Former Lions striker Cyle Larin has recently been linked with a winter transfer back to Orlando City SC but it seems City supporters are almost equally split on wanting the 23-year-old back at Orlando City Stadium.

According to our Orlando City UK poll of 216 City fans, 53% would re-sign the Canadian international from Beşiktaş while 47% would rather he stayed away for good. Continue reading

Just how bad was Orlando City SC’s 2018 MLS campaign?

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The 2018 season was a bad one for Orlando City SC but just how bad was it?

We compared a multitude of stats against ten other of the worst campaigns in Major League Soccer history. Continue reading

Five Orlando City SC takeaways from the 2018 MLS Players Salary Guide

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This week the MLS Players Association published an updated version of the 2018 player salaries, the first since the close secondary transfer window and final roster freeze in September.

Headlines included high-profile D.C. United acquisition Wayne Rooney becoming the league’s ninth highest paid player at $2.78m, one of a record 53 millionaires now plying their trade in North America. Continue reading

STATS PREVIEW: New York Red Bulls vs Orlando City SC – 28.10.2018

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After the pick me up of a dramatic 2-1 victory over Columbus Crew and our first Major League Soccer win since July 14, Orlando City SC now travel to New York Red Bulls on MLS Decision Day 2018.

The final fixture of a campaign to forget, this fixture has massive implications for who is crowned 2018 Eastern Conference champions with just one point separating first-placed Atlanta United and second-placed New York Red Bulls heading into game 34. Continue reading

Winners revealed in Orlando City UK’s 2018 end-of-season awards

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At the beginning of the week, we asked the almighty Orlando City SC Twittersphere to select their Orlando City SC Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year as part of our inaugural Orlando City UK end-of-season awards.

A public vote designed to recognise the hard work and graft of selected Orlando City SC players in an extremely disappointing 2018 MLS campaign, we can now proudly reveal the winners as voted by you! Continue reading