After a detour to present Orlando City’s All-Star candidacies, the Weston Weekly returns! And there’s plenty to chew on from a big week in soccer…
Open Cup run begins with promise
Orlando City began their 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup run with a breezy 3-1 win against USL Championship expansion side Memphis 901 FC.
No one has any illusions about the talent disparity between the two sides—it was a game Orlando should have won comfortably, and they did. But the game showed how far Orlando have come since the doldrums of last season.
The Lions utterly dominated possession, spending most of the match in the mid-70s before falling to a final number of 65% in garbage time.