NextGen | Jordan Bender, Luc Granitur Earn First OCB Contracts

Orlando City B is taking shape.

On Wednesday OCB signed 17-year-old midfielder Jordan Bender. This morning the Club signed 15-year-old forward Luc Granitur.

The two are milestone signings for a still nascent project in OCB. Bender is the first signing in the Club’s new era; Granitur is the youngest ever.

“When we talk about building a roster, we want a young, hungry player from the Academy to be involved in the professional team,” OCB GM Mike Potempa said.

OCB will begin play in USL League One in 2019.

Bender, from Lake Mary, Fla., is a versatile box-to-box midfielder, according to Potempa. He has a tireless workrate off the ball, but can also take on defenders 1-v-1 as a winger. Surely those…