Austin David, of our Orlando City SC sister blog the Mane Land, was serving as our unplanned Florida correspondent as the Lions took on Minnesota United in a downlow preseason match.
David spoke to a variety of sources at the match, which was made up of two 60-minute halves. The match ended 4-1 to Orlando. Minnesota’s goalscorer and lineup combinations are unknown.
Manager Adrian Heath spoke to the media afterwards. “I thought the first group did well today,” he said. “The second group struggled a little bit with the strength and depth that Orlando have, but we expected that.