The real question for the Lions is which midfield will show up to this game. “Individually and collectively we have to make it better”, said Heath. “Heading into the game, we’re somewhat guessing what their team will be, due to the injuries as of late”.
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“They’re missing some key players and that’s a good thing for us”, said Montreal’s Calum Mallace after training on Thursday.
After starting out the season strong, Seattle (10-9-2) has since dropped five of its last six MLS matches, slipping to fifth in the Western Conference.
The Lions, who are in the top 10 in the entire league for away records at 3-3-5, are also trying to get back on track after stumbling in July. Traveling out to Seattle to play at the Sounders home field will be tough to overcome. Just minutes later Tyler Turner was booked for his second yellow card and sent off. At that point the writing was on the wall, down a goal and down a man, there was little hope for an Orlando City result. “We need to look at ourselves and play our game – that’s what’s most important”.
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Without a stable outlet for feeding the attack, way too much pressure was placed on the Orlando City midfield and the team therefore was a bit top-heavy and stuck on the defensive.
Toronto’s Giovinco, Los Angeles’ Robbie Keane and Kansas City’s Benny Feilhaber pulled away from the rest of the field in his stead and, with just nine more games remaining in the regular season, there’s not enough time to make up the statistical ground. At this time the Lions sit just beneath the red line. Larin has a team-high 11 goals, while Kaka has scored nine. In addition, the team is now near the top of the league in social media followers.
Orlando City is coming off a 0-0 draw against Philadelphia and are 1-1-1 in the past three matches.
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Martins added Seattle’s third goal just after the hour mark, impressively hurdling Orlando goalkeeper Tally Hall to poke the ball into the net, while Thomas struck the home side’s fourth in stoppage time.
