ORLANDO, Fla. — The first pair of Orlando City preseason matches at Exploria Stadium have offered glimpses of what the team could look like this season under coach Óscar Pareja.
Saturday’s match against the Montreal Impact was something of a full-speed pickup game — the team had spent its first three weeks together undergoing grueling fitness sessions, but Pareja hadn’t installed most of the Lions’ tactical plans yet so they relied more on instincts.
Still, Pareja felt confident in the team’s performance against the Impact.
“The thing that I liked the most was I saw a team with the ball and without it,” Pareja said.