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.
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Top 10 Moments of 2020: Orlando City Advances in Playoffs on Rodrigo Schlegel’s Heroics
Our No. 1 moment of the year is Orlando City advancing past New York City FC in the playoffs with the help of an unlikely hero.
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When a match goes to penalty kicks there is always tension and drama. When Orlando City does it, there always seems to be a little something extra. We’ve already shown this to be true in our No. 4 moment of 2020, which saw Orlando City advancing past LAFC on penalty kicks in the MLS is Back Tournament.
Top 10 Moments of 2020: Orlando City Signs Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese
Our No. 5 moment of the year features the Lions stepping up big to address the goalkeeper position by signing the Peruvian international.
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As we count down to the new year of 2021 which will be and say goodbye (and good riddance) to 2020, it’s time to look back at the club’s 10 best moments of the year.
Orlando City had played five MLS seasons entering 2020 and had always had adequate-to-good play from the goalkeeper position, with the exception of an outstanding season from Joe Bendik one year. Bendik seemed to win the MLS Save of the Week every week during the 2016 season en route to earning a final season rating of 8 from
2020 Orlando City Season in Review: Brian Rowe
How did the veteran goalkeeper perform in his second year in Orlando?
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In 2020, Orlando City had a different starting goalkeeper for the third straight season, which sent veteran Brian Rowe to the bench. The Lions originally signed Rowe in February of 2019 after a trial period in pre-season with only young netminders Greg Ranjitsingh, Adam Grinwis, and Mason Stajduhar under contract at the time.
After a good-yet-unspectacular 2019 season, 2020 saw Orlando bring in Pedro Gallese, an eventual MLS Goalkeeper of the Year nominee. Before the season was over, Rowe’s veteran presence and playoff experience proved important for Orlando, as he was forced to start some games down the stretch and in the Lions’ final playoff match.