Orlando City B made significant roster additions yesterday by signing three midfielders and a forward for the 2017 USL season. One of the more prominent names among those four new Lions is Ben Polk, who was the Portland Timbers’ first-round (No. 20 overall) selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.
Polk, who played collegiate soccer at Syracuse after stints in junior college at Herkimer College and Genesee Community College, did not make a first-team appearance with the Timbers in 2016. Instead, he spent the entire season with Portland Timbers 2, the club’s reserve side in the USL.