After collecting just one point and being outscored 8-4 in its first three league games, Toronto (1-3-2) came into Saturday s contest having taken four points and outscored the opposition 3-1 over its previous two matches.
Toronto manufactured chances Saturday but lacked a clinical finish against a well organized Orlando defence. And it paid for an early defensive letdown.
Toronto pressed in injury time, making for a wild finish with Orlando keeper Pedro Gallese stopping shots by Nick DeLeon and Yeferson Soteldo in the 96th minute and Toronto goalkeeper Alex Bono coming forward for the final seconds.
Dutch winger Silvester van der Water, acquired in February from Heracles Almelo of the Dutch top-flight, made his MLS debut for Orlando and set up Akindele for the opening goal in the 12th minute.
Canadian Akindele, Orlando City edges TFC An early goal by Canadian Tesho Akindele helped Orlando City SC extend its unbeaten start to the MLS season to six games with a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night.
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ORLANDO, Fla. The learning curve continues for Toronto FC under new coach Chris Armas.
Six games into the season, Toronto (1-3-2) has just one win after Saturday s 1-0 loss to Orlando City SC. An early goal by Canadian Tesho Akindele helped Orlando (3-0-3) extend its unbeaten start to the MLS campaign to a club-record six games.
After collecting just one point and being outscored 8-4 in its first three league games, Toronto came into Saturday s contest having taken four points and outscored the opposition 3-1 over its previous two matches.
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Fresh produce abounds at Biggers Market at 6250 Market St. in Wilmington. (Photo courtesy of Biggers Market) Now in its third month of operation at its new 6250 Market St. location, Biggers Market is starting the season out strong with fresh produce and a wide variety of local products.
Because the growing season starts earlier in Florida, much of the market’s produce is coming in from the Sunshine State for now, but as North Carolina nears its peak growing season, the bulk of items will be harvested within the state, as close to the Cape Fear region as possible.
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Question of the Day By MICHAEL HASTINGS and The Winston-Salem Journal - Associated Press - Sunday, February 14, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - While many restaurateurs struggled to retool their concepts to reflect a changing market thrown into turmoil by the coronavirus pandemic, the owners of Wine Merchants & Vin205 just closed the restaurant at 205 S. Stratford Road.
But they didn’t close their doors. Instead, they morphed into a retail food shop.
It helped that they were already partly there and had envisioned a new concept like this.
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Orlando City’s Quiet Off-Season
The Lions are being smart, not splashy, in building a sustainable club.
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Everyone loves it when their club makes a big, splashy signing in the off-season the type of player signing that grabs the headlines for the entire league rather than just for the individual club. That is exciting, but is that always the best thing for a club to do? The answer is, of course, no, and that applies to Orlando City during this off-season.
I am not saying that the club wouldn’t take a big name if the deal was too good to pass up, but Óscar Pareja, Luiz Muzzi, and Ricardo Moreira are trying to build sustainable success in a salary cap league. That means taking care of the core group of players, building depth, and adding players who fill a need, but are still a good bang for the buck.