SANFORD, Fla. — For a few days at least, Orlando City can breathe. The team has maintained a breakneck pace during the past month, managing cross-country treks and three-game weeks.
Now, the team can enjoy a stretch of playing one game a week, starting with Saturday’s road match against the New England Revolution. As the team returned to training on Tuesday morning, the ability to refresh before the next match was appreciated across the roster.
“Honestly, we haven’t been able to have real training sessions for almost a month,” Lions forward Tesho Akindele said. “We’ve just been playing game, game, game.