After a roller-coaster ride of a season in 2015, which saw the Lions miss the playoffs in their inaugural year in Major League Soccer, Orlando City is back with the hope of seeing postseason play in 2016. Orlando City will host Real Salt Lake on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Orlando Citrus Bowl. With…
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CITRUS BOWL — Orlando City’s preseason finale was dubbed as a dress rehearsal ahead of the club’s season-opener. In it, the Lions found an unlikely hero. That hero goes by the name of Sebastian Hines, whose four-goal performance lifted the Lions to a 6-1 victory over Brazilian side Esporte Clube Bahia Saturday in front of 18,619 fans in the Orlando Citrus Bowl.…
CHAMPIONSGATE — Orlando City Soccer Club may have walked away with a victory over the New York Red Bulls, but Lions head coach Adrian Heath was not that pleased with the team’s performance. Goals from Ricardo Kaká, Adrian Winter and Pedro Ribeiro saw the Lions edge the Red Bulls 3-2 on Wednesday morning at the ChampionsGate Sports…
MELBOURNE — Playing in its first preseason game of the season, Orlando City claimed a 4-0 victory at Eastern Florida State College on Sunday at Titan Soccer Complex. Hadji Barry scored twice while Tyler Turner and Tony Rocha also found the net, as the Lions secured a comfortable victory in their first preseason game of 2016.…
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