The Orlando City Herald
Market6 Mar 2028
Marco Pašalić puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Orlando City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
No sign of nerves from Luis Otávio at 20 — 8.19
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Luis Otávio did not need any: 8.19, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match4 Mar 2028
The wait goes on for Orlando City
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Wilder Cartagena stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Wilder Cartagena and Orlando City agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Orlando City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Words at Orlando City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Brekalo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match4 Mar 2028
Nashville SC take the points off Orlando City
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Camilo Mayada in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Orlando City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Maxime Crépeau 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
- The terraces Orlando City supporters have found a favourite in Luis Otávio
- Market John Pepi steps up from the Orlando City academy
- Market One of our own: Michael Turner joins the Orlando City first team