“We will not just give up until it is all over”.
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As they went six games unbeaten (four wins), all looked to be setting up flawless for the club that fired Frank Klopas midseason, but there was another team in the race for sixth that kept winning themselves: Orlando City South Carolina. On Saturday night, Montreal and Orlando City faced off at the Citrus, with the expansion Lions claiming their fourth-straight victory with a 2-1 triumph.
So, with two precious games remaining in its maiden season, NYC FC (10-15-7, 37 points) finds itself in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
It was the former Middlesbrough defender’s first goal since scoring for the Championship club back in August 2012, but he might not have been on the pitch to provide the finish had it not been for an unfortunate event earlier in the game. “Then on the second goal, a bit of bad luck for us”.
Orlando City has seen a lot of players leave the field injured this season – and I mean a lot – and everything that happens, it feels like the next guy in to take his place doesn’t miss a beat. “We were good on our duels and had a good game, but we are a little disappointed”. Orlando City goalkeeper Tally Hall was shown a yellow card for dissent.
“I think the desire of the players to get a result was there for everybody to see”, Lions coach Adrian Heath said. He argued that he had secured the ball before Oduro kicked it loose. “In the end, it wasn’t enough, but we have another big game to play on Wednesday”.
The Lions first were forced to use two substitutions in the 11th minute after Tommy Redding and Rafael Ramos were in a nasty head-to-head collision in the fifth minute.
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A pass looking for Kaká in the 33rd minute was deflected into the path of Larin, who spun and hit a left-footed shot toward the lower right corner of the goal.
