The Orlando City Herald
Player ratings12 May 2031
Logan Farrington scores twice — 8.89
Two goals and a mark of 8.89 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Boardroom12 May 2031
Orlando City to lose Cameron Morris for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Cameron Morris has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad12 May 2031
Words exchanged at Orlando City
Paxten Aaronson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad12 May 2031
A row about effort at Orlando City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Martín Ojeda was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings12 May 2031
Martín Ojeda beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout12 May 2031
The manager makes an example of Maxwell Woledzi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match10 May 2031
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 93 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Orlando City had all but put away. New England Revolution will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Squad12 May 2031
Jordan Weah stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jordan Weah and Orlando City agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 May 2031
Mateo Benegas: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Orlando City will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
In brief
- Match Logan Farrington rescues a point for Orlando City
- Market Orlando City and Matty Longstaff are talking past each other
- The dugout Jeremías Martinet knocks on the manager's door