KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Ink fills most of Júnior Urso’s skin. Tattoos cover the Orlando City midfielder — a cross nestled behind his ear, a bold 23 on the back of his right hand, a palm tree on his ankle.
The easiest way to trace Urso’s story is to follow his tattoos. So it’s fitting — funny, even — that one of his older pieces is a lion, stretched across the left side of his ribs.
The midfielder couldn’t have known the tattoo would one day match the mascot of his club. But perhaps it was a sign of things to come, as only five days into training with Orlando City, Urso feels he fits in as a Lion.