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I did it the first year, but someone else did it last year. I guess I'll come out of retirement and do it again. Orlando City Soccer Club Hey, have you heard about our new stadium?  It's new and it's the best Soccer Specific Stadium in the United States(TM). Last year Whereas some teams suffer from a sophomore slump, the second year of Orlando City Soccer Club pretty much just mirrored the first. it wasn't great. The Good - We finally got to see Kevin Molino play and he did pretty great. The Bad - The well-beloved manager from the USL days got sacked and replaced with a new manager, who himself was sacked the year before from another MLS team, barely halfway into the season and we still failed to make the playoffs. What to look forward to this year Have you heard about that new stadium? Otherwise, we're trusting Jason Kreis, former NYCFC manager, to build this team into something it has never been: a playoff contender. He quit a bunch of guys, sent away fan favorite Kevin Molino to Minnesota (he missed his old coach I guess), and we exported the best hair in the league (Brek Shea) to Canada. The defense was reworked so hopefully it's better. Wouldn't want to have to learn a bunch of new names just so we can go back to shouting angrily about how awful they are. The Stars Kaka  He's the biggest star. He says he'll try this year. Cyle Larin  Top scorer for Orlando City for the past 2 years. He'll probably be the top scorer again. Joe Bendik  He replaced fan favorite Tally Hall last year in goal after Tally finished the previous season injured and was unceremoniously waived. Quickly became a fan favorite himself. Was a part of the worst defense in the league as far as goal against, but that usually gets blamed on the defenders in front of him. The rest of the team will hopefully do its job and achieve a few more wins than the previous seasons. Hopefully one or more of the other youth players develop into something special. Eventually we'll get rid of the players that we still have that aren't ever going to see the field again to clear-up some salary space for new and better players. Why support this team? Did you know we got this great new stadium this year? Also we're the home of Mickey Mouse. Happiest place on earth and all that.
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African AIDS cum posted:MLS TV ratings are abysmal It's probably because there aren't enough commercials. Can't sell a sports product when large corporations, or local small businesses, aren't also trying to sell you something at the same time. The Super Bowl is watched by millions and it has big commercials. Coincidence? Probably. Correlation is not causation and what not.
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Apr 24, 2017 03:29
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It's amazing that, with Kaka not playing due to injury, Orlando's success so far this season is has primarily been built upon a team that is basically mid-pack in terms of overall salary.
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Apr 26, 2017 03:51
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A Marxist supporters group complaining to a single-entity sports organization that arguably remains viable primarily through expansion into new regions while also maintaining strict parity through a byzantine layer of rules, caps, restrictions, profit-sharing, and control over player contracts. Curt Onalfo is a bad coach that keeps getting jobs.
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Apr 29, 2017 18:03
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The Orlando forward budget is literally Cyle Larin and whatever player is currently not relegated to the B team in USL. I guess the other players who play forward in our 4-4-2 diamond technically count as midfielders first. Though, as someone pointed out before, Cyle is very underpaid for his output.
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May 15, 2017 02:21
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trem_two posted:Larin might be off to Besiktas The club must want some nice company for the other Canadian player they already have.
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