Substitutions in soccer, as well as any sport, are supposed to change the game for that team. There should be a noticeable impact from that new player that has been brought on, and if there isn’t, then it is essentially a waste of a sub. Orlando City has a history of this, as players coming off the bench just haven’t had as big of an effect on the match as they should.
On Sunday, the substitutions did not produce big, but Orlando was playing with 10 men, so the fault cannot lie solely with them. In fact, Stefano Pinho could have scored the game-winning goal if he had not been tripped, which led to Will Johnson holding on to the ball for too long and Wayne Rooney making an amazing play.