Last week against Sporting KC, Orlando City used an unchanged back line for the 6th time this season and the first under HC James O’Connor. Captain D Jonathan Spector lined up at left back, D Carlos Ascues and D Shane O’Neill were the center backs and D Scott Sutter was the right back. It was the same back line O’Connor rolled out against Philadelphia on Sept. 1.
The other unchanged back lines included March 3 and 10 (El-Munir, Tarek, Spector, Sutter); April 21 and 29 (El-Munir, Tarek, Sané, Johnson); May 13 and 18 (El-Munir, Tarek, Sané, Johnson); and on June 20, 23 and 30 (Tarek, Sané, Spector).