One of the things that always gets lost when you talk about Orlando City’s dismal 2018 season is the team’s offense. Everyone always likes to point to the historically bad record of goals conceded. League records are hard to ignore, after all.
But the offense was nearly equally atrocious. The Lions scored just 43 goals last year — tied for last in the Eastern Conference. In all of Major League Soccer, only the Colorado Rapids scored fewer goals in 2018, with just 36. Orlando City was shut out in five consecutive matches at one point late last season, going from Sept.