Our City is a column dedicated to the culture around Orlando City, Major League Soccer, and the United States.
So, I have to be honest, I’m writing this column the morning of Orlando City’s match-up with the Columbus Crew. That’s how deadlines work, since I’ll be at the game tonight, I have to file this one beforehand. I’m writing this with a bit of faith that Orlando pull out a win tonight and stay in the playoff race.
That’s how it has gone for the Orlando City faithful these first few years in Major League Soccer, that as the summer comes towards an end, as the days become shorter, kids start back to school, and the temperature in Florida doesn’t actually cool down for fall…so too we hold our finger in the ever-closing door of the MLS postseason, hoping against hope we can find a way into the party.