The 2018 Orlando City SC season has come and gone and again the club has reached depths we didn’t think possible. A seemingly aggressive off-season held the promise of the Lions’ first-ever postseason and things got off to a rocky start due to late international arrivals, injuries, and suspensions, but the club started to settle in, winning a club-record six straight games.
Then the wheels fell off. Again fueled by a rash of injuries and international call-ups — the nadir of which saw the team using midfielders and fullbacks at center back for multiple games — the Lions then lost nine consecutive matches (another club record) en route to winning only two games after a May 6 home win against Real Salt Lake.