A few weeks back, I looked into Orlando City’s underlying stats and the (very early) promise the team showed. This was particularly noticeable on the defensive side with James O’Connor vastly improving both the expected goals against (xGA) and the efficiency compared to both his 17 games in charge last year and also Jason Kreis’ tenure before him.
We’re now eight games into the season with a massively overhauled squad and Orlando City already has two clean sheets on the board. That’s the same number it managed in MLS across the entirety of last season.