On Saturday night, Carlos Ascues and Uri Rosell paired up in the defensive midfield for the second time this season. The duo was tasked with handling a speedy Houston midfield who lives and dies on the counter-attack. 90 minutes later, the two had helped Orlando City to their second clean sheet of the season.
Their head coach James O’Connor was impressed.
“I think when you look at how [Houston] play, they’ve got a lot of speed in the wide areas so I thought they were very disciplined in stopping their counterattack. I think their [Houston’s] biggest threat is the two wide players coming at pace.