Looking back at Orlando: High pressure a must moving forward

It would not take a genius to recognize that the Philadelphia Union had the better of the play in the second half of Saturday’s 2-2 draw in Orlando. While there are numerous factors that played into the Union eventually getting the upper hand in the 88th minute, one in particular stood out. Almost immediately out of the locker room, head coach Jim Curtin’s side pressured Orlando City the full length of the pitch, a drastically different approach to defending than in the first half.

Over the course of the first five minutes of the match, Cory Burke forced two Orlando City mistakes in their own defensive third by applying high pressure. For reasons unknown, for the majority of the next 40…