STATS PREVIEW: Orlando City SC vs New York City FC – 26.07.2018

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After the furore and injustice of a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat at Columbus Crew last weekend, Orlando City SC must clear their heads for a rare Thursday night test against New York City FC at Orlando City Stadium.

With Silviu Petrescu’s horror decision to hand Crew a penalty in the 88th minute begging belief, Wil Trapp’s last gasp wonder strike stole all three points in a loss that was incredibly difficult to swallow. Continue reading

STATS PREVIEW: Orlando City SC vs Chicago Fire – 04.06.2017

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After grabbing a morale-boosting 2-0 win over D.C. United in midweek, Orlando City SC face their second home game in quick succession with Veljko Paunović’s Chicago Fire in town.

In many ways the whipping boys of the Eastern Conference in recent seasons, the times are changing for Fire with the Men in Red currently second in the East. Continue reading

PLAYER RATINGS: New York City FC 1 Orlando City SC 2 – 23.04.2017

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We’re now over a month into the 2017 Major League Soccer campaign and Orlando City SC‘s amazing start to the season shows no signs of stopping.

Earning our first away victory of the season courtesy of a narrow 1-2 win at New York City FC yesterday, Jason Kreis‘ Lions proudly sit top of the Eastern Conference right now with 15 points and TWO games in hand – impressively without the injured Kaká too. Continue reading

STATS PREVIEW: New York City FC vs Orlando City SC – 23.04.2017

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Sitting pretty in the Eastern Conference after defeating LA Galaxy 2-1 last time out, Orlando City SC have enjoyed an incredible start to 2017 with four wins from five games.

With the 2-0 defeat at Columbus Crew on April 1st being our only defeat this term, Jason Kreis‘ Lions will get another chance to steal some road points at New York City FC on Sunday. Continue reading