2015 Orlando City SC season

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Orlando City
2015 season
President Phil Rawlins
Manager Adrian Heath
Stadium Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium
MLS Conference: 7th
Overall: 14th
MLS Playoffs Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals
Carolina Challenge Cup 4th
Top goalscorer League: Larin (17)
All: Larin (19)
Highest home attendance 62,510 vs NYCFC (Mar. 8)
Lowest home attendance 22,241 vs Kansas City (Sept. 13)
Average home league attendance 32,847
Home colors
Away colors
← USL Pro 2016 →

The 2015 Orlando City SC season is the club's fifth season of existence in Orlando, and Orlando City's first season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system.

Background

On November 19, 2013, it was announced that Orlando City would be the next expansion franchise in Major League Soccer, the league's 21st team.[1] The dissolution of C.D. Chivas USA following the 2014 MLS season resulted in Orlando City instead being the league's 20th franchise.

Following the completion of City's final season in USL Pro, the team released all but nine players from its roster. The remaining players, who would form the base of the 2015 roster, included Kaká, who was placed on loan with São Paulo FC in his native Brazil following his signing in June 2014.

On September 24, 2014, Orlando City manager Adrian Heath and New York City FC manager Jason Kreis took part in a draw to determine who would get top priorities in various selection mechanisms, including the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft and the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. Orlando City won the draw, and Adrian Heath selected the top pick in the Expansion Draft first. He would also choose the top pick in the SuperDraft, top selection priority for USL Pro and NASL players (beyond Orlando City's own USL Pro players, which the team had right of first refusal to), and second-to-last (then #20, now #19) in lottery ranking. Orlando City will be #2 in United States men's national soccer team player allocation ranking, #21 (now #20) in player discovery ranking, #21 (now #20) in re-entry draft ranking, and #2 in designated player ranking.[2]

On October 17, 2014, the team broke ground on their new soccer-specific stadium.[3] Due to delays in sales tax subsidies from the Florida Legislature, the team decided to assume stadium financing themselves, and committed to pay back the City of Orlando for the land purchased and any other costs already incurred.[4] Orlando City played the 2015 season, and will play the entire 2016 season, in the remodeled Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium.

For normal regular-season matches in 2015, Orlando City will open the sidelines and ends of the lower bowl only, except for the corners, along with the luxury suites. For the season opener on March 8 against New York City FC, however, the entire stadium was made available for sale. The team announced that the stadium's entire allotment of permanent seating was sold out on March 2.[5] The team made 2,000 standing room only tickets available on March 4,[6] and those sold out within 24 hours.[7]

On November 14, 2014, Orlando City was drawn for the seventh pick in the dispersal draft for Chivas USA players, but chose to pass on their pick.[8][9] Manager Adrian Heath signed a contract extension on November 21, 2014 committing him to the club through to the end of the 2017 MLS season.[10]

Orlando City originally planned to train in late January in Brazil, but eventually cancelled those plans in favor of training in Orlando. They will instead train at Sylvan Lake Park in Sanford.[11][12]

Season overview

March

Orlando City opened the 2015 MLS season at the Citrus Bowl against the other expansion team for that season, New York City FC. The match ended in a 1–1 draw after Kaká scored an equalizer in the first minute of second half stoppage time. The attendance of 62,510 was the largest crowd to see a soccer match at the Citrus Bowl, the second-largest attendance ever for an MLS team's inaugural home match,[13] and the ninth-largest crowd in MLS history for a standalone match.

Squad information

Number Nat. Player Position Date of birth Previous club 2015 MLS
appearances		 2015 MLS
goals		 Notes
Goalkeepers
22 United States Tally Hall GK (1985-05-12) May 12, 1985 (age 38) United States Houston Dynamo – – –
36 United States Earl Edwards, Jr. GK (1992-01-24) January 24, 1992 (age 32) United States UCLA Bruins – – –
42 United States Josh Ford GK (1987-11-06) November 6, 1987 (age 36) United States Seattle Sounders – – –
Defenders
2 United States Tyler Turner RB (1996-03-04) March 4, 1996 (age 28) United States IMG Academy Bradenton – – HGP, #
3 England Seb Hines CB (1988-05-29) May 29, 1988 (age 35) England Middlesbrough F.C. – – LOAN
14 England Luke Boden LB (1988-11-26) November 26, 1988 (age 35) England Sheffield Wednesday F.C. – – #
16 United States Corey Ashe LB (1986-03-14) March 14, 1986 (age 38) United States Houston Dynamo – – –
20 United States Brek Shea LB/LW (1990-02-28) February 28, 1990 (age 34) England Stoke City F.C. – – –
23 United States Conor Donovan CB (1996-01-08) January 8, 1996 (age 28) United States NC State Wolfpack – – GA
27 Portugal Rafael Ramos RB (1995-01-09) January 9, 1995 (age 29) Portugal S.L. Benfica Juniors U-19 – – INT, #
29 United States Tommy Redding CB (1997-01-24) January 24, 1997 (age 27) United States FC America – – HGP, #
44 Spain David Mateos CB (1987-04-22) April 22, 1987 (age 37) Hungary Ferencvárosi TC – – INT
78 France Aurélien Collin CB (1986-03-08) March 8, 1986 (age 38) United States Sporting Kansas City – – –
Midfielders
5 United States Servando Carrasco MF (1988-08-13) August 13, 1988 (age 35) United States Sporting Kansas City – – –
6 United States Tony Cascio LW/RW (1990-03-28) March 28, 1990 (age 34) United States Colorado Rapids – – –
7 Colombia Cristian Higuita AM (1994-01-14) January 14, 1994 (age 30) Colombia Deportivo Cali – – INT
8 England Harrison Heath CM/DM (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 (age 28) England Norwich City U-18 – – HGP, #
10 Brazil Kaká AM (1982-04-22) April 22, 1982 (age 42) Italy AC Milan – – INT, DP
12 United States Eric Avila M (1987-11-24) November 24, 1987 (age 36) Mexico Santos Laguna – – LOAN
15 Brazil Pedro Ribeiro AM/SS (1990-06-13) June 13, 1990 (age 33) United States Philadelphia Union – – –
17 El Salvador Darwin Cerén CM (1989-12-31) December 31, 1989 (age 34) El Salvador Juventud Independiente – – #
18 Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Molino AM/RW (1990-06-17) June 17, 1990 (age 33) Trinidad and Tobago Ma Pau SC – – #
24 England Lewis Neal LM (1981-07-14) July 14, 1981 (age 42) United States D.C. United – – –
32 Switzerland Adrian Winter AM (1986-07-08) July 8, 1986 (age 37) Switzerland FC Luzern – – INT
55 Portugal Estrela DM (1995-09-22) September 22, 1995 (age 28) Portugal S.L. Benfica Juniors U-19 – – INT, #
Forwards
11 Colombia Carlos Rivas FW/LW (1994-04-15) April 15, 1994 (age 30) Colombia Deportivo Cali – – INT, DP
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo Danny Mwanga FW (1991-07-17) July 17, 1991 (age 32) United States Colorado Rapids – – –
21 Canada Cyle Larin FW (1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29) United States Connecticut Huskies – – GA, INT
25 United States Adam Bedell FW (1991-12-01) December 1, 1991 (age 32) United States Columbus Crew SC – –
26 United States Sidney Rivera FW (1993-11-15) November 15, 1993 (age 30) United States Old Dominion Monarchs – – –
35 Honduras Bryan Róchez FW (1995-01-01) January 1, 1995 (age 29) Honduras Real C.D. España – – INT, DP

# denotes players who were retained from the USL Pro side.
dagger denotes player who made appearances but left the club before the end of the season.

Transfers

In

Date Player Position From Fee/notes Source
July 1, 2014 Brazil Kaká MF Italy AC Milan Free transfer, first designated player [15][16]
December 8, 2014 United States Tally Hall GK United States Houston Dynamo Acquired with Allocation Money, Orlando also received an international slot [17]
December 8, 2014 United States Amobi Okugo DF United States Philadelphia Union Acquired with $100,000 Allocation Money and a 2016 Superdraft pick [18][19]
December 8, 2014 France Aurélien Collin DF United States Sporting Kansas City Acquired via allocation money and 2014 MLS Expansion Draft pick Jalil Anibaba [20][21]
December 10, 2014 Jamaica Donovan Ricketts GK United States Portland Timbers Expansion Draft
December 10, 2014 United States Tony Cascio MF United States Colorado Rapids Expansion Draft
December 10, 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo Danny Mwanga FW United States Colorado Rapids Expansion Draft
December 10, 2014 Brazil Pedro Ribeiro MF United States Philadelphia Union Expansion Draft
December 10, 2014 England Lewis Neal MF United States D.C. United Expansion Draft
December 10, 2014 Costa Rica Jairo Arrieta FW United States Columbus Crew Expansion Draft
December 15, 2014 Honduras Bryan Róchez FW Honduras Real C.D. España Undisclosed fee, designated player [22]
December 18, 2014 United States Josh Ford GK United States Seattle Sounders MLS re-entry draft [23]
December 19, 2014 United States Brek Shea MF England Stoke City Undisclosed fee [24]
January 5, 2015 Brazil Gustavo DF Brazil Vila Nova Free agent [25]
January 15, 2015 Canada Cyle Larin FW United States University of Connecticut SuperDraft
January 15, 2015 United States Conor Donovan DF United States North Carolina State University SuperDraft
January 15, 2015 Jamaica Akeil Barrett FW United States University of Akron SuperDraft
January 26, 2015 Colombia Cristian Higuita MF Colombia Deportivo Cali
January 26, 2015 Colombia Carlos Rivas FW Colombia Deportivo Cali
July 14, 2015 United States Corey Ashe LB United States Houston Dynamo Acquired with allocation money and a second-round selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft [26]
July 20, 2015 United States Servando Carrasco MF United States Sporting Kansas City Traded for Amobi Okugo [27]
July 29, 2015 Switzerland Adrian Winter MF Switzerland FC Luzern [28]
July 29, 2015 Spain David Mateos DF Hungary Ferencvárosi TC [28]
August 6, 2015 United States Adam Bedell FW United States Columbus Crew SC Acquired with a second round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft [29]

Out

Date Player Position To Fee/notes Source
January 14, 2015 Costa Rica Jairo Arrieta FW United States D.C. United For international slot [30]
February 12, 2015 Brazil Gustavo DF None Released from club [31]
February 12, 2015 Jamaica Akeil Barrett FW United States Jacksonville Armada Released from club [31]
July 20, 2015 United States Amobi Okugo MF United States Sporting Kansas City Traded for Servando Carrasco [27]
July 30, 2015 Jamaica Donovan Ricketts GK United States LA Galaxy Traded for a second round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft [32]
July 31, 2015 Republic of Ireland Sean St Ledger DF United States Colorado Rapids Placed on waivers. "Serious breach of club policy" cited as a reason. [33][34]

Loan In

Position Player Loaned from Start End Source
FW Northern Ireland Martin Paterson England Huddersfield Town January 26, 2015 August 5, 2015 [35]
DF England Seb Hines England Middlesbrough February 24, 2015 August 2015 [36]

Loan Out

No. Position Player Loaned to Start End Source
MF Brazil Kaká Brazil São Paulo FC July 1, 2014 December 6, 2014 [15][37][38]
26 FW United States Sidney Rivera United States Louisville City FC May 8, 2015 July 23, 2015
42 GK United States Josh Ford United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers May 29, 2015 — [39]
23 MF United States Conor Donovan United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds July 25, 2015 July 31, 2015 [40]
26 FW United States Sidney Rivera United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds July 30, 2015 —
29 D United States Tommy Redding United States Wilmington Hammerheads FC July 30, 2015 August 7, 2015

Competitions

Home team is listed first, left to right.

Friendlies

Carolina Challenge Cup

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Further information: 2015 Carolina Challenge Cup

It was announced on November 5, 2014, that Orlando City would participate in the 2015 Carolina Challenge Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.[41]

Major League Soccer

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Further information: 2015 MLS season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 12 8 14 46 56  −10 44 7 5 5 25 19  +6 5 3 9 21 37  −16

Source: Match reports

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H A A H H A
Result D W L D L W L L D L W D D W W L W D L L L W L D L L D L W W W W W L

Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Standings

Eastern Conference table
Pos Team
Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 Conference Semifinals & 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53 Conference Semifinals
3 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51 Knockout round
4 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51
5 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
6 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
7 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 −10 44
8 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 −9 37
9 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 −13 37
10 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 −15 30
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Overall table
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 New York Red Bulls (X) 34 18 6 10 62 43 +19 60 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34 18 6 10 52 39 +13 60
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 5 13 45 36 +9 53
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 8 11 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers (C) 34 15 8 11 41 39 +2 53 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 6 13 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 6 13 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 6 13 43 45 −2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 9 11 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 9 11 48 45 +3 51 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 8 12 48 47 +1 50
12 Toronto FC 34 15 4 15 58 58 0 49
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 8 13 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 8 14 46 56 −10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 9 14 42 49 −7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 8 15 38 48 −10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 7 17 49 58 −9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 7 17 42 55 −13 37
19 Colorado Rapids 34 9 10 15 33 43 −10 37
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 6 20 43 58 −15 30
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:
  1. ↑
    CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection Procedure

MLS Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

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Orlando City entered the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[42]

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Bracket
Fourth Round
June 16–17		 Fifth Round
June 30–July 1		 Quarterfinals
July 14–22		 Semifinals
August 12		 Final
September 30
                             
MLS New York Red Bulls 3
NASL Atlanta Silverbacks 0
MLS New York Red Bulls 4
NASL New York Cosmos 1
NASL New York Cosmos 2(4)
MLS New York City FC 2(3)
MLS New York Red Bulls 1(3)
MLS Philadelphia Union 1(4)
MLS Philadelphia Union 0(3)
USL Rochester Rhinos 0(1)
MLS Philadelphia Union 2
MLS D.C. United 1
USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1
MLS D.C. United 3*
MLS Philadelphia Union 1
MLS Chicago Fire 0
MLS Chicago Fire 1*
USL Louisville City FC 0
MLS Chicago Fire 3
USL Charlotte Independence 1
MLS New England Revolution 0
USL Charlotte Independence 1
MLS Chicago Fire 3
MLS Orlando City SC 1
USL Charleston Battery 4(7)
MLS Orlando City SC 4(8)
MLS Orlando City SC 2
MLS Columbus Crew 0
USL Richmond Kickers 1
MLS Columbus Crew 3
MLS Philadelphia Union 1(6)
MLS Sporting Kansas City 1(7)
MLS Sporting Kansas City 1
USL Saint Louis FC 0
MLS Sporting Kansas City 6
MLS FC Dallas 2
MLS FC Dallas 4
USL Oklahoma City Energy FC 1
MLS Sporting Kansas City 3
MLS Houston Dynamo 1
MLS Houston Dynamo 2
USL Austin Aztex 0
MLS Houston Dynamo 1
MLS Colorado Rapids 0
MLS Colorado Rapids 4
USL Colorado Springs Switchbacks 1
MLS Sporting Kansas City 3
MLS Real Salt Lake 1
MLS Real Salt Lake 2
USL Seattle Sounders FC 2 1
MLS Real Salt Lake 2
MLS Portland Timbers 0
MLS Seattle Sounders FC 1
MLS Portland Timbers 3*
MLS Real Salt Lake 1
MLS LA Galaxy 0
MLS San Jose Earthquakes 2(6)
USL Sacramento Republic FC 2(5)
MLS San Jose Earthquakes 0
MLS LA Galaxy 1
MLS LA Galaxy 6
USASA PSA Elite 1

Host team listed first
Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Media

Any matches that are not featured in the MLS national television package on either ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 or UniMás will air locally on WOFL FOX 35 or WRBW My65.[43] The commentary team will be Jeff Radcliffe on play-by-play and Kevin Hartman on color commentary, with Holly Bristow as sideline reporter. In addition, most matches not on the MLS national television package will be simulcast on Fox Sports Florida or Sun Sports to fans outside the Orlando market. Some matches will be placed on tape delay to accommodate Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins baseball games.[44]

On the radio, matches will air on WTKS-FM "Real Radio 104.1" in English,[45] with Tom Traxler and Adam Schick providing the call. When City is on a nationally-televised match, Jeff Radcliffe will call the match on WTKS with Tom Traxler. Matches will also air on WONQ "La Grande 1030" in Spanish. The Spanish play-by-play announcer is Sergio Ruiz Torres, with color commentary by Israel Heredia. The Spanish radio feed will be used as the SAP Spanish feed on Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports.[46]

Orlando City does not black out matches not on the MLS national television package on MLS Live, enabling local fans to watch matches live via live stream.[47]

See also

References

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