Orlando City Opens New Stadium with Win
The Orlando City Lions Soccer Club christened their new stadium with a 1-0 win over NYCFC last Sunday, in the 2017 season opener for both clubs. These two teams met in the opener of the 2015 season, when both were expansion teams. Orlando City coach Jason Kreis was on the opposite sideline that day, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Sunday’s game saw only one goal scored and that was enough to give Orlando City their first win in an opener on their third try. “Extremely happy to give the fans something to be excited about,” said Kreis in his post-game press conference . This crowd was absolutely fantastic, this day was fantastic, the field was great. The level of work and commitment and togetherness by our team was off the charts.” Cyle Larin scored in the 15th-minute, getting a nice feed from off a left-wing feed from Orlando new-comer signed Giles Barnes . That goal stood up, despite the NYCFC dominating possession for much of the game. Barnes had just come in as a rep...