Orlando City is taking years off our lives with these tense knockout matches, but at least the Lions have the good sense to win the penalty shootouts. The Lions were, in the words of Oscar Pareja in his postgame press conference, outplayed by Nashville SC in the first half of their U.S. Open Cup game Wednesday night, but started to come into the game shortly before the break. After Pedro Gallese carried the team to halftime without conceding, the Lions did fashion two great chances to take the lead, only to see the visitors strike first.
However, this team doesn’t stop fighting and it took all 90 minutes and most of the six added minutes to draw level through the Nashville bunker.