2011 Orlando City S.C. season

Orlando City
2011 season
Owners Brendan Flood
Phil Rawlins
Head Coach Adrian Heath
Stadium Citrus Bowl
USL Pro Commissioner's Cup
USL Pro Championship
Playoffs Champions
U.S. Open Cup 3rd Round
WDW Pro Soccer Classic 3rd
Highest home attendance 11,220 vs Harrisburg City Islanders 3 September 2011
Lowest home attendance 1,321 vs Charleston Battery 3 August 2011
Average home attendance 6,021 (including playoffs)
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The 2011 Orlando City S.C. season, will mark the club's first season in existence, and their first year in the third-tier USL Pro League. Previously, the club was known as the Austin Aztex before they were relocated to Orlando, Florida. They won a double, winning the Commissioner's Cup as the top team in the league's regular season, and winning the USL Pro Championship.

Contents

Match Results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Friendlies

Orlando City's 2011 pre-season started with three games against Major League Soccer ("MLS") clubs. It won its first match, a 1-0 result against Philadelphia Union at the Citrus Bowl, with then-trainee Lewis Neal scoring the team's first goal. It is also scheduled for a 4-team classic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, drawing FC Dallas for its first match on February 24, a 0-1 loss. On February 26 they won again, this time against Toronto FC, a result of 1-0. This marked the club's second victory. Orlando City got the opportunity to play Swedish First Division side BK Häcken in a friendly at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on March 5. City played a hard fought game, as the game ended in a 2-3 loss.

After playing the MLS teams, Orlando City then played a series of games against Florida college teams. They played Division II runner-up Rollins College Tars on March 16 at the Cahall-Sandspur Field and Barker Family Stadium in Winter Park resulting in a 3-1 victory. They followed this game with a 5-1 victory over Division I University of Central Florida Knights at the UCF Track and Soccer Complex in Orlando. Orlando City will play on March 22 against Division I Stetson University Hatters in Deland, FL, and the final pre-season game is on March 26 against Division I University of South Florida Bulls at the USF Soccer Stadium in Tampa.

Orlando City scheduled mid-season friendlies with two clubs from the Premier League, Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United.

USL Pro

Following a season-opening road loss to Richmond Kickers, Orlando City went on an 11-match undefeated run, closing the first half with a record of 8-1-3. Goalkeeper Miguel Gallardo had a league-high eleven clean sheets. The Lions finished with a 15-3-6 record, winning the 2011 Commissioner's Cup and home-field advantage throughout the USL Pro Playoffs.

USL Pro Playoffs

2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Orlando City did not give up a goal in its first 217 minutes of U.S. Open Cup competition in 2011, beating ASC New Stars of the USASA Houston Football Association in the first round, and Charleston Battery of USL Pro in the second round. After taking an early lead in its third round match against FC Dallas, a rematch from the WDW Pro Soccer Classic, Dallas scored twice and looked to cruise to the fourth round. Yordany Alvarez stunned Dallas keeper Kevin Hartman with a late equalizer in second half stoppage time, but a barrage of quick attempts on the restart led to a Milton Rodriguez game-winner right before the end of play to eliminate the Lions from the Open Cup.

Club

Roster

As of August 4, 2011.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Miguel Gallardo
2 DF Mechack Jérôme
3 DF Demar Stewart
4 MF Ian Fuller
5 DF Kieron Bernard
6 DF Jack Traynor
7 MF Justin Fojo
8 MF Erik Ustruck
9 FW Devorn Jorsling
10 MF Yordany Álvarez
11 FW Maxwell Griffin
No. Position Player
13 MF Lawrence Olum
14 MF Luke Boden
15 FW Dennis Chin
16 DF Wes Allen
18 MF Kevin Molino
21 GK Sean Kelley
22 DF Rob Valentino
23 MF Charlie Campbell
24 MF Lewis Neal
77 FW Jamie Watson

Squad information

No. Nat. Player Birthday Previous club Pro USL† appearances Pro USL† goals
Goalkeepers
1 Miguel Gallardo October 24, 1984 (1984-10-24) (age 27) Austin Lightning* 63 0
21 Sean Kelley April 18, 1988 (1988-04-18) (age 23) Northern Virginia Royals* 2 0
Defenders
2 Mechack Jérôme April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21) (age 21) S.C. Mirandela* 9 0
3 Demar Stewart December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15) (age 27) Sheffield United F.C. 11 2
5 Kieron Bernard August 2, 1985 (1985-08-02) (age 26) Austin Aztex U23* 41 1
6 Jack Traynor March 17, 1987 (1987-03-17) (age 25) AC St. Louis 34 0
16 Wes Allen September 17, 1986 (1986-09-17) (age 25) Austin Aztex U23* 23 0
22 Rob Valentino December 21, 1985 (1985-12-21) (age 26) FC Tampa Bay 43 1
Midfielders
4 Ian Fuller August 31, 1979 (1979-08-31) (age 32) Charleston Battery* 142 15
7 Justin Fojo December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07) (age 23) College of Charleston 2 0
8 Erik Ustruck January 4, 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 27) FC Tampa Bay 21 0
10 Yordany Álvarez May 24, 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 26) FC Cienfuegos* 53 6
13 Lawrence Olum July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 27) Minnesota Thunder* 106 14
14 Luke Boden November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26) (age 23) Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 14 2
18 Kevin Molino June 17, 1990 (1990-06-17) (age 21) Ma Pau SC 11 2
23 Charlie Campbell January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) (age 24) Louisville Cardinals 5 0
24 Lewis Neal July 14, 1981 (1981-07-14) (age 30) Shrewsbury Town F.C. 13 2
Strikers
9 Devorn Jorsling December 27, 1983 (1983-12-27) (age 28) Defence Force F.C. 13 3
11 Maxwell Griffin September 17, 1987 (1987-09-17) (age 24) Los Angeles Legends* 49 19
15 Dennis Chin June 4, 1987 (1987-06-04) (age 24) Central Florida Kraze 4 0
77 Jamie Watson April 10, 1986 (1986-04-10) (age 25) Wilmington Hammerheads* 60 24

† = "Pro USL" means leagues with professional USL teams, meaning USL First Division and its predecessors (through 2009), USL Second Division (through 2010) and the USSF Division 2 Professional League (2010).

* = Denotes players who were retained after the move of the Austin Aztex FC organization to form Orlando City S.C.

Loans

Michael Tetteh was loaned to Orlando City on June 29, 2011[5] on a 10 day contract and returned to Seattle by July 12.[6]

Matt Luzunaris was loaned to Orlando City before the July 16, 2011 game against Rochester for an unspecified time period and with San Jose reserving the right to recall.[7] Luzunaris scored goals in his first two games playing for City, against Rochester[8] and English Premier League team Bolton[9] Luzunaris was recalled by San Jose on August 2.[10]

Following the season, Yordany Alvarez was loaned to Real Salt Lake, and Maxwell Griffin was loaned to San Jose Earthquakes. Both loans will last to the end of the 2011 Major League Soccer season. Since they occurred at the MLS roster deadline, both players are eligible for the MLS playoffs. In addition, Lawrence Olum left on free transfer, as his contract ended, and was signed by Sporting Kansas City.[11]

Players on trial

List according to roster provided for the 2011 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
19 MF Phillip Jackson
20 DF José Burciaga, Jr.
23 MF Frankie Lopez

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position Staff
General Manager vacant
Head Coach Adrian Heath
Assistant Coach Ian Fuller
Goalkeepers Coach Marcos Machado

Last updated: 13 February 2011
Source: Orlando City S.C.

Management

Majority Owner & President Phil Rawlins
Minority Owners Brendan Flood
Gary Mellor
Director of Operations Alex Wolf
Director of Communications Adam Soucie
Director of Community Relations Kay Rawlins
Director of Camps and Clinics Brian Pederson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Citrus Bowl (70,000 / 104.2x67.7 meters)

Last updated: 13 February 2011
Source: Orlando City S.C.

Standings

American Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 T
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification
1 Orlando City (C) 24 15 6 3 36 16 +20 51 2011 USL Pro Commissioner's Cup, 2011 USL Pro Playoffs
2 Wilmington Hammerheads (A) 24 14 3 7 42 30 +12 45 2011 USL Pro Playoffs
3 Richmond Kickers (A) 24 12 5 7 35 21 +14 41
4 Charleston Battery (A) 24 10 5 9 24 25 −1 35
5 Charlotte Eagles 24 9 6 9 32 29 +3 33
6 Antigua Barracuda 24 9 2 13 32 32 0 29

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

National Division

Pos
 Team
 GP
 W
 T
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification
1 Rochester Rhinos (A) 24 12 4 8 31 23 +8 40 2011 USL PRO Playoffs
2 Harrisburg City Islanders (A) 24 10 7 7 37 30 +7 37
3 Los Angeles Blues (A) 24 8 9 7 34 29 +5 33
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A) 24 7 6 11 23 32 −9 27
5 F.C. New York 24 6 7 11 27 37 −10 25
6 Dayton Dutch Lions 24 2 6 16 21 54 −33 12

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

References

  1. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/524777.html
  2. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::72011+L3/Display+E+NDX+NDX+525416
  3. ^ "Orlando Takes Victory In Shootout". http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/559189.html. Retrieved September 4, 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2011/13380700.html#ROSTER
  5. ^ http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2011/06-June/Tetteh-loaned-to-Orlando-SC.aspx
  6. ^ Mayers, Joshua (12 July 2011), Tetteh: "I think I've made huge strides. I know I will make it, and to make it there are always obstacles that come.", Seattle Times Sounders FC Blog, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2015581478_tetteh_i_think_ive_made_huge_s.html, retrieved 12 July 2011 .
  7. ^ Former UCF Knight Luzunaris Joins Orlando City on Loan
  8. ^ Orlando City Soccer clinches playoffs with 2-1 win over Rochester.
  9. ^ #BoltonWeek concludes as City falls 3-1 to the Wanderers.
  10. ^ Matt Luzunaris recalled by San Jose
  11. ^ http://orlandocitysoccer.com/news/teamnews/index.html?article_id=509

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