This wasn’t just beginning of new season for Orlando City.
It was the dawn of new era.
Not that a 1-1 draw to one of the worst teams in the league last year — D.C. United — was cause for a citywide celebration Saturday might, but maybe just maybe coach Jason Kreis is onto something when he says this reconstructed roster is filled with dogged, determined, gritty, gutty fighters who will do anything and everything in their power to win.
Playing a man down for most of the game and then salvaging a result on a stoppage-time goal by Stéfano Pinho undoubtedly gave Orlando City’s coach and fans something to feel good about.