It’s safe to say 2017 has not gone according to plan for Orlando City, which is something D.C. United is painfully familiar with. The Lions, like United, were expecting themselves to be in the thick of the playoff race. Orlando got off to a good start, winning six of their first seven games, but since then they’ve been the worst team in MLS. That’s not just my opinion, but the reality of their 2W-7D-11L record in the games that followed that outstanding start.
Since their rather fortuitous 2-0 win over United back on May 31st - you might remember an open-net miss, a missed PK shout, and the worst moment of Bill Hamid’s 2017 season all going against the Black-and-Red that night - Orlando has conceded 25 goals in 13 games.