Whether Orlando City earns a spot in the postseason, one of the most pressing issues to emerge this season comes from its pattern of ceding leads late in games.
Last week’s loss in Houston was just another iteration of this tendency — the Lions took a lead in the opening minutes of the game, only to surrender two goals in three minutes and stumble to a loss. The result added to a growing frustration for Lions coach James O’Connor.
“If you look at the amount of times that’s happened throughout the course of the year, we’ve looked at everything,” O’Connor said.