Orlando City’s 2-1 win in the nation’s capital was bittersweet. Yes, it was the Lions’ first win in nine matches, but it also saw two players, Seb Hines and Servando Carrasco, get sent off, earning them a suspension for next week’s clash with Atlanta. Kaká was also issued a yellow card in stoppage time, meaning he will join Hines and Carrasco in missing out because of yellow card accumulation. And if that’s not enough, Cristian Higuita was taken off at halftime with an injury.
Combined with Will Johnson’s domestic violence charge and Jose Aja’s red card/yellow card accumulation duo last week, Orlando City could be without six players in a must-win away game to keep the club’s bleak postseason prospects on life support.