Preseason Look: Orlando City

We have a new team at the bottom of the East. This team is far from complete, let along competing. Giving them an incomplete grade right now. They are missing right and left backs, players on the right and left in the midfield and in desperate need of a goalkeeper.

Even when they find players to fill these roles, they will still be stuck in a 4231 type of formation that just about every MLS team plays. No ability to switch to something more attacking, nor more defending. They are just... there.

There are few players to even highlight. Kljestan is still around. Lamine Sané is one to watch, as well. Outside of that, it's a mix of average players coached by someone way over their head.

		Player Ratings (avg)		TransferMarkt Value (000)
	Team	Starters	Bench	Starters	Bench
1	ATL	70.9	65.9	$ 52,497	$ 6,067
2	TFC	70.5	65.7	$ 25,027	$ 4,315
3	NYR	69.7	64.9	$ 20,192	$ 3,745
4	CLB	69.3	66.2	$ 24,671	$ 4,180
5	NER	68.7	64.5	$ 13,278	$ 5,115
6	PHI	68.2	56.5	$ 9,933	$ 5,529
7	CHI	67.8	63.7	$ 17,022	$ 3,955
8	FCC	67.5	64.7	$ 11,014	$ 4,383
9	ORL	67.2	62.2	$ 10,365	$ 3,309

Don't look for Orlando to create any worst to first type storylines this year.

Rating	Name	Position	FM19	FIFA	WS
70	Lamine Sané	Centre-Back	70	75	69
69	Sacha Kljestan	Attacking Midfield	69	74	68
69	Carlos Ascues	Central Midfield	69	70	67
69	Dom Dwyer	Centre-Forward	69	72	68
69	Will Johnson	Central Midfield	69	69	66
69	Oriol Rosell	Defensive Midfield	70	69	66
69	Cristian Higuita	Central Midfield	69	70	66
66	Danilo Acosta	Left-Back	61	66	67
66	Dillon Powers	Central Midfield	68	66	61
65	João Moutinho	Left-Back	59	65	66
64	R. J. Allen	Right-Back	66	64	64
64	Josué Colmán	Attacking Midfield	66	64	64
64	Shane O'Neill	Centre-Back	62	65	64
64	Tesho Akindele	Centre-Forward	62	66	64
62	Alex De John	Centre-Back	62	59	68
62	Chris Mueller	Right Winger	62	62	64
61	Pierre da Silva	Left Winger	58	61	63
59	Adam Grinwis	Goalkeeper	59	56	70
55	Cam Lindley	Defensive Midfield	57	55	0
55	Mason Stajduhar	Goalkeeper	55	56	0
0	Benji Michel	Forward	0	0	0
0	Greg Ranjitsingh	Goalkeeper	58	0	0
0	Kamal Miller	Defender	0	0	0
0	Kyle Smith	Right-Back	55	0	0
0	Ruan	Right-Back	0	0	0
0	Santiago Patiño	Forward	0	0	0
0	Sebastián Méndez	Central Midfield	0	0	0
0	Tommy Madden	Midfielder	0	0	0

Orlando, Florida vs. Columbus Crew SC

Tonight is a perfect example of a broken game. Something drives me nuts about MLS as a competition. It's going to be sticky down in Orlando today. Mid-80s, humid. It's also going to be played on an artificial surface in a stadium designed for the gridiron.

Orlando will soon (?) be in their new stadium, which at one point, allegedly, was going to be filled with natural grass. By "soon," I think the plan is to have the much-delayed stadium done for the start of the 2017 season. Which is great! Still doesn't solve the heat problem, but it solves a few of the other issues.

Till then, however. Tonight's game isn't about the players on the field as it is everything else around it. Here is a visual representation of what people will be watching tonight [huummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm]: