After drawing its most recent preseason match against USL Championship team Miami FC, Orlando City’s preseason record stands at 0-2-2, with another contest against FC Cincinnati set to take place today. Obviously being winless in preseason with only two more tune-up games before the start of the regular season isn’t ideal, but how worried should we all be about the record that OCSC has posted so far during preseason? The short answer — not all that concerned. As for why that is, let’s dive into the long answer.
To begin with, it’s preseason. It’s hard to draw too many conclusions when we’ve only been able to see two out of the four games, and neither of those two match-ups featured a fully first-choice lineup (more on that later).