The Lions headed up to New Jersey to face a Red Bulls team that generally protects its home grounds and, despite playing poorly, Orlando City had a chance to escape with a late draw. Unfortunately, shots don’t always go where you want them to and the Lions fell 2-1 to New York.
It was Orlando City’s 200th MLS regular-season game but it was one to ultimately forget. The Lions were forced to wear the PRIMEBLUE Parley kits that made them look like FC Cincinnati, and...well, they played like FC Cincinnati, to be honest.
Here are the things I took away from Orlando’s first L of 2021:
Missing Persons
If you keep taking players off a good team, it eventually catches up.