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The Never-Ending Shootout

21 minutes, 41 seconds.

That was the length of time on Saturday from when referee Allen Chapman blew the whistle on Maxi Moralez’s first penalty kick to Benji Michel’s game-winner slammed against the back of the net. Like all things in 2020, it might as well have been a decade. But in the end, Orlando City emerged victorious over NYCFC and advanced to the Easter Conference Semifinals

An absurd amount of action, tension, and nonsense occurred within that 21:41. The following is a comprehensive breakdown of the what, the when, and the how.

6:13 - Gallese saves Castellanos

Things proceed normally for the first six minutes of the shootout.