Orlando City rookie Chris Mueller has seen a career’s worth of highs and lows during his first MLS season.
He started Orlando City’s first match of the season. He scored a goal in three consecutive games early on, when Orlando City was riding a club-record six-match winning streak. Then he experienced the Lions’ tumble from their hot start, into a nine-match losing streak — another club record.
A coaching change came in June. A player asked to be traded. And, most recently, Orlando City turned in a woeful performance against the Chicago Fire that led a national broadcaster to say the Lions have quit on the season.