It’s been a slow process for Hadji Barry to get his chance to shine with Orlando City. The Lions moved up to take him in the first round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, but the UCF product couldn’t quite make an impact for either Adrian Heath or Jason Kreis. Between the MLS and USL sides, Barry has only made 19 appearances with just over 1,000 minutes under his belt — notching four goals and three assists.
The problem for Barry was that he spent 2016 in limbo. With single striker systems in both MLS and USL, he was buried on the depth chart behind Cyle Larin and Julio Baptista with the first team and Michael Cox with OCB.