Orlando City SC hopes to continue his fairy tale career and beat Portland Timbers in the final of the Tournament ‘MLS is Back’ this Tuesday (2:30 AM), crowning the league’s return to action after COVID-19 suspended the season for four months.
The MLS tournament, which is taking place in a quarantined, no-crowded environment at Orlando’s Walt Disney World resort, seemed problematic at first after FC Dallas and Nashville SC were ejected from all competition due to to positive tests for COVID-19.
But after about three weeks without a new positive COVID-19 case, the league said it would resume the season with teams playing in their home cities starting Aug. 12, charting a way forward outside the ‘bubble’ in the middle of the new coronavirus outbreak.
A good defense against a good attack
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Orlando will look to build on its strong defense against two of the tournament’s biggest attacking threats: Portland’s Jeremy Ebobisse and Sebastián Blanco, who scored in their team’s 2-1 semi-final over the Philadelphia Union.
Orlando, who never made the MLS playoffs, beat Minnesota United FC 3-1 in the semifinals, having elevated his game throughout the tournament aided by the form of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, who has saved 16 of the 21 shots he made. they have put him to the test.
Orlando will also feature their experienced 33-year-old captain Nani, a former Portuguese Manchester United international, who has so far scored three goals and provided four assists.
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