Orlando City opens the 2021 Major League Soccer regular season, presented by Orlando Health, with their home opener at Exploria Stadium against Atlanta United this Saturday, April 17 at 3 pm, also presented by Orlando Health. All information about attending Saturday’s match, including health and safety information, is available here. The game will be televised nationally on UniMás, TUDN, and Twitter, with local radio coverage on Real Radio 104.1 FM in English and Acción 97.9 FM and 810 AM in Spanish.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Five Stripes:
Key Transactions and Player News
Key Additions - Head Coach Gabriel Heinze (Vélez Sarsfield), CB Alan Franco (Independiente), DM Santiago Sosa (River Plate), CM Franco Ibarra (Argentinos Juniors), RB Ronald Hernández (Aberdeen, loan), CF Lisandro López (Racing Club)
Key Departures - RB Franco Escobar (Newell’s Old Boys, loan), CB Fernando Meza (Defensa y Justicia, loan), F Jon Gallagher (Austin FC), CM Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes), CM Jeff Larentowicz (retirement)
Injury report - OUT: GK Alec Kann, CM Mo Adams (not medically cleared)
Player news - 2018 MLS Golden Boot winner Josef Martinez returned to the field last week for the first time since tearing his ACL in the 2020 season opener against Nashville SC.