Three matches into the 2022 MLS season, it has become clear how teams are tactically going to deal with Orlando City attackers — foul early, foul often. The Lions have suffered 52 fouls on the season, which is second in Major League Soccer only to the San Jose Earthquakes, who have sustained an incredible 59 fouls in the first three matches of the year.
Orlando’s fouls suffered numbers could be right up there with San Jose’s if referee Ismir Pekmic hadn’t been so lenient in the first half hour or so of the match at Chicago.