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Analyzing James O’Connor’s Team Selections

On Saturday, Orlando City traveled to face Real Salt Lake. Head Coach James O’Connor made four changes from the previous week’s home win against the Colorado Rapids, with the Irishman’s generous approach to rotation once again raising a few eyebrows.

O’Connor has so far made an average of three changes per game in 2019 with about half of those coming on the defensive line. He has never named an unchanged side during his 24-game spell with Orlando and has named the same back line only once this season, retaining the opening day personnel group of Danilo Acosta, Kamal Miller, Alex De John, Shane O’Neill and Kyle Smith for the second week trip to Chicago.