Most of Orlando City’s first team already had gone inside when the gates to Saturday’s training scrimmage opened.
They’d taken on the United Soccer League’s Tampa Bay Rowdies earlier, a performance head coach Jason Kreis said wasn’t perfect, before allowing media in to see mostly reserves opposite Montverde Academy’s nationally-recognized high school squad.
Orlando City B signed two Montverde products — left back Jules Youmeni and forward Albert Dikwa, both of Cameroon — to USL contracts on Thursday.
“Montverde is amazing to me, the talent that they have in their group with these young players,” Kreis said after the session.