Our City is a weekly column dedicated to the culture surrounding soccer in Orlando and Major League Soccer.
This past Wednesday, in anticipation of Friday’s United States Men’s National Team match-up with Panama in a World Cup qualifier in Orlando, MLSsoccer.com Senior Editor Arielle Castillo proposed that Orlando City Stadium could become a national team fortress. On Wednesday, that thesis sounded like the right kind of article to build excitement in the lead-up to an important game in a place that hasn’t hosted the USMNT in almost two decades. After Friday’s demolition of Panama, 4-0 in front of a sold-out and rowdy pro-American crowd, Castillo’s piece resonated.