One of the driving forces behind Orlando City’s success last year was the play of Chris Mueller. Last year, the Money Badger led the team in goals with 10 and was second among the Lions with seven assists. Three of those goals were game-winners, and the volume of his scoring was heavier after July, when the team started to suffer injuries and needed people to step up. His play in 2020 resulted in a much-deserved USMNT call-up as he took the third-year leap that he needed to with OCSC.
Mueller has yet to score during the 2021 season though, and his goalless run actually stretches 10 games back into the end of the 2020 season, with his last goal for Orlando coming in the team’s penultimate regular season game against Columbus.