Will Johnson has spent a long time playing in MLS, and he’s had the opportunity to watch Orlando City develop from afar. He notes that the team has always been impressive, from the very first game that drew over 60,000 people into Camping World Stadium. But, Johnson said, he never looked forward to playing here.
“The one negative with Orlando when you came to play here was that it was on turf and in a football stadium,” Johnson said. “I’m a soccer purist, and so for me that was always the negative. You didn’t necessarily look forward to coming to play here because I believe that soccer is best played on grass, and now we have a beautiful, brand-new stadium with beautiful grass.