The march down Church Street was much quieter than their group names suggest and far more subdued than typical trips to a stadium.
The Ruckus met nearby at Broken Cauldron Taproom and Brewery, while Iron Lion Firm gathered at the American Combat Club. Adults, children and dogs – all members of the two independent Orlando City supporter groups – together walked down pavement gritty and reflective after a light drizzle. They passed boarded-up windows, street lamps casting long shadows and a homeless woman, who fell in line behind them.
Her name was Debra Campbell, 49, she said, and she walked not for their cause – she hadn’t heard about the plane crash that killed all but six of the 77 people on board, mostly members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense – but because she lost her son a few months back, drug overdose.