It’s Round of 16 time for this year’s edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and Orlando City has the pleasure of welcoming Fort Lauderdale to Camping World Stadium for the first competitive match between the two clubs. It’s not very often that the Lions get the chance to take on multiple Floridian teams in a season, but the Strikers are a more difficult match-up on paper than the Jacksonville Armada.
Fort Lauderdale finished sixth in the NASL standings for the Spring Season, just three points behind title winners Indy Eleven. They’ve downed USL heavyweight Richmond and D.