David Steffen

Right Midfielder - Orlando City U18
11 Oct 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for David Steffen

52 Edition

The Orlando City Herald

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Maxime Crépeau out for 88 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Orlando City will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for David Steffen

14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Orlando City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Marco Pašalić runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Orlando City turn down LA Galaxy for Marco Pašalić

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

No end in sight to Orlando City's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Orlando City has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Orlando City

Joel Erlinch was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Inter Miami CF watching James Yedlin

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Orlando City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Loan watch

Iago counts the days

“I watch every Orlando City game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at FC Dallas runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Nolan Miller gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
51 Edition

The Orlando City Herald

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Maxime Crépeau out for 97 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Orlando City will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for David Steffen

21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Orlando City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Marco Pašalić runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Orlando City say no — this time

The offer from New England Revolution for Iván Angulo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

David Brekalo moves on

Toronto FC pay $9.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Match

No end in sight to Orlando City's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Orlando City has to find a result from somewhere.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $9.7M sale of David Brekalo

He is going to Toronto FC, the club has $9.7M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Player ratings

Antoine Griezmann, 36, rolls back the years — 8.26

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.26 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market

Tyrese Spicer moves on

Minnesota United FC pay $2.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

In brief