Orlando City SC has already made a few moves in the winter transfer window, but the team is yet to address one of its most urgent needs as it heads toward the 2018 Major League Soccer season: central defense.
The Lions found a reliable center back option in 2017 by signing Jonathan Spector, who was one of the team’s best players in his first year with the club, but the same cannot be said about the partners he had during the season. Tommy Redding and Jose Aja are still young and expected to improve, while Seb Hines and Leo Pereira already left the club, leaving Orlando with no obvious choice to pair with Spector when next season comes.