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Orlando City defender Jonathan Spector trains, dodges re-injuring knee

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Orlando City defender Jonathan Spector trained Tuesday and did not suffer the injury setback many feared after he had to leave the Lions’ 3-3 with Atlanta early Saturday.

The Lions’ defensive leader returned to the lineup against Atlanta United, but he could only play 59 minutes.

Spector was evaluated and it was determined he didn’t re-injured his knee, an Orlando City spokesman said. Spector left the Atlanta game as a precaution.

The defender had just recovered from spraining his Lateral Collateral Ligament, which runs along the outside of the knee, at the beginning of August. His recovery timeline originally was three weeks, but it took five for him to get into the starting lineup.