This Saturday, Orlando City embarks on a grueling six-day stretch in which it will play three matches, the Club’s most condensed patch of the season. Mid-week games will become a regular occurrence from here on out.
Fear not – the 6-foot-2, 220-pound cavalry is here.
Fresh off an enormously successful loan stint at Barnsley and his first goal for the United States Men’s National Team, 21 year-old forward Daryl Dike is back in Orlando and training with the Lions ahead of an anticipated return to MLS.
“If you told me that all this was gonna happen a year ago, I might have laughed at you,” Dike told us Wednesday at the Orlando Health Training Ground at Osceola Heritage Park, looking back on a whirlwind 12 months.