At the end of last year, Orlando City’s offseason objective was clear — strengthen defense. The team had allowed a league-high 60 goals.
This year, after closing out the worst performance in the club’s short MLS history on Sunday with a 6-1 loss in Philadelphia, the team needs wholesale improvement. There isn’t one targeted area of need, and Lions coach Jason Kreis said the hyper-focus on defense last year may have ended up hurting the team.
“I think we put a ton of focus on that but in doing so we also lost the effectiveness of some of our attack,” Kreis said.