Hey guys. I forgot something AGAIN. That's two days in a row now. I need to step up my game. New Jersey Numbers (@OrlandoCitySC) Orlando announced all the new arrival's numbers and some of the number changes within the squad. Here's the list: - Junior Urso #11 - Antonio Carlos #25 - Jordan Bender #33 - Daryl Dike #18 - David Loera #30 - Andres Perea #21 - Rodrigo Schlegel #15 - Joao Moutinho #44 --> #4 - Mauricio Pereyra #33 --> #10 - Robinho #95 --> #77 MP33 is not MP10, whi

I felt like doing another "mailbag" as I really enjoyed the last one I did and there is plenty to discuss. Let's get into your guys' questions. "Midfield seems a bit crowded. You think these players will make up for lack of goals?" (torres_since87 on Instagram) Hey Angel. For me, I actually think we need one more midfielder. In the CDM role, we have Urso, Mendez, Uri, and Perea as credible starters. Even that is asking a lot out of 19-year-old Perea. My concern is, what happe

What. A. Day. I have SO MUCH news to cover. This is going to take me an hour to write but man is it worth it. Let's look at what happened on a busy Monday. Junior Urso (@OrlandoCitySC) Orlando finally came out and announced Junior "Bear" Urso. That seems to be his new nickname by the way. It looks like the financials are similar to Carlos' as we also will either have to buy him down or assign him as a DP. That was expected though as his transfer fee alone was reported to be j

Only a few things to touch on for another slow Sunday. Junior Urso (@jr.urso on Instagram) Yet again Urso has basically confirmed his move to Orlando City by posting a location tag on his Instagram story as Orlando, Florida. He'll most likely be announced tomorrow morning. Steeven Saba (@AFLHaiti) The source says that Orlando City was interested in Steeven Saba before he ended up going to the Montreal Impact. I can only assume that he was another option for midfield depth if

Orlando City has made multiple moves this offseason. Jordan Bender (18) and David Loera (21) have come in on homegrown deals. Andres Perea (19) is on a loan with an option to buy. The same can be said for Rodrigo Schlegel (22) and Antonio Carlos (26). The team has also brought in some strong pieces from the draft. Powerful forward Daryl Dike (19), versatile defender Jonathan Dean (22), strong midfielder Joey DeZart (21), and third-string GK Austin Aviza (22) were all added fr

So I was wrong yesterday. There was news, I just didn't see it. To be fair, I worked 9 hours so I think that warrants as an excuse to miss something. Anyways, let's talk about that and today's news as well. Coaching Staff Additions (@OrlandoLionsDen) Orlando City released a video yesterday looking inside the draft room. In the video, former FC Dallas assistant coach Josema Bazan was sitting right next to Pareja while discussing the pick. Obviously this means that he will be a

The first 2 rounds of the MLS SuperDraft were today and Orlando brought in 4 new faces. OCB made some moves today as well. Let's discuss. SuperDraft (@MLS) Orlando City had 4 picks in today's showing of the 1st and 2nd round of the superdraft. We had one in the first round and three in the second. Our picks, in order, were ST Daryl Dike, CM Joey DeZart, RB/CDM Jonathan Dean, and GK Austin Aviza. As I said in my blog piece earlier today, I'm happy with that group of players. D

Orlando City selects Daryl Dike out of Virginia as the 5th pick in the MLS SuperDraft. I am a massive fan of this pick. Big. Powerful. Prolific. He will need to show that he can cope with MLS defenders but we have gotten one of the best players in the draft at # 5. Well done to the front office in getting Dike to the team. Orlando City selects Joey DeZart out of Wake Forest as the 31st pick in the MLS SuperDraft. That round FLEW by. I'm really happy we got a midfielder in as

Only a couple of non-Orlando City related topics today to touch on. Jersey Release (@OrlandoCitySC) It was revealed today that our new away jersey (along with everyone in the league) will be announced on February 5th. All the "leaks" of other team's jerseys have looked awful so I'm not expecting anything amazing from Adidas. I hate the shoulder 3 stripe look and I hope they don't mess it up too bad. DP Update (@samstejskal) According to The Athletic writer Sam Stejskal, MLS i

Another late shift means another late update tonight. Sorry about that guys but this is going to happen a lot more often as school starts up for me again. Let's talk about today's news. Alejandro Diaz (@ROJOELUNICO) A rumor went around today that Orlando City is interested in securing CSD Municipal ST Alejandro Diaz. He is 30 years old and currently has 10 goals in 19 appearances in the Guatemalan league. As I usually do, I am going to take this rumor with a pinch of salt and

Big day for the club today. I worked from 12 PM - 11 PM so that is why this is coming out so late. Pedro Gallese (@FrancoPanizo) SO. MANY. REPORTS. This one says that his move to us is all but done and he is scheduled to join the team in 2 weeks. With that in mind, I'm done talking about him. He will join us. It is just a matter of time (knock on wood). There will be no more updates on him unless something major happens. Junior Urso (Corinthians.com.br and @FOX35Adam) The off

I should really stop doing updates on Sunday's because every Sunday has been so quiet from the club. I feel like Sunday is everyone's day off. Or at least, no information is ever released. The last significant news that dropped on a Sunday was on December 1st when we were linked with German Cano for the first time (https://www.oclionsblog.com/post/daily-update-12-1-2019). As you may have suspected, there has been no significant news today. I'll see you guys tomorrow, hopefull

Some new developments and updates to talk about today. Let's dive straight into it. Paolo Hurtado (@futbolarena) Reports out of Turkey have named Orlando City as another possible landing spot for Paolo Hurtado. The Peruvian, who has also been linked with DC United, can play as a CAM or on either wing. His market value has been plummeting over the past couple of seasons so any potential fee for him wouldn't be too much money. For now, I remain skeptical as I don't see a deal h

Another slow day for OCSC. Only one thing to talk about. Pedro Gallese (@ClubALoficial) Gallese was confirmed to be leaving his club today. This information was already known but now it’s official. We can only hope the reports of him coming to us are true. I’m nervous he’s going to be another Cano but for now I still think he’s coming to us. Let’s hope. ‘Til next time, this has been Gavin Rushnell and #VamosOrlando

It‘s weird writing 2020 in the header. Like. I’m so used to 201x. We’ve all been doing it for quite awhile now. 2020. 2020. I’m gonna have to get used to it. Anyways. Only one thing to ramble about today. Let’s do it. Dom Dwyer (@TransfersMLS) Last night (After I posted) it was revealed that the problem with a potential Dom Dwyer to Minnesota United trade was that Dom wants a new 3 year deal, which MNUFC are reluctant to give. I know what some of you are thinking. You’re thin

First post of the decade! Annnnnnd there's absolutely nothing to talk about. Our former first-round pick Hadji Barry signed with North Carolina FC. That's it. That is the only news today surrounding Orlando City. I'm not surprised as it is a holiday and I'm sure everyone had the day off. With that being said, I hope you all had a wonderful day and I wish you an amazing 2020. Also, Arsenal beat Manchester United and Spurs lost so there's another reason for me to celebrate :) '

Happy New Years everyone. Not a lot to talk about so this’ll be pretty quick. International Slots (me) Today I released the news that we are in the process of getting 3 players green carded. Robinho and 2 others will be getting their green cards come February. With that being said, we are currently at 5 in slots. Once Gallese and Urso are announced, we will be up to 7. That leaves 1 more open. Expect that 1 to be filled. Junior Urso (transfermarkt) The biggest site when it co

Only one thing happened today but it was quite a big thing. Let's discuss it. Antonio Carlos (@OrlandoCitySC) The club announced the signing of CB Antonio Carlos today. While that did not come as a surprise, what did was the fact that he would be eligible for a TAM/DP sized salary. I certainly wasn't expecting that. I am not too worried about it though because if he isn't worth the money we do not have to keep him. Plus, if he is worth the salary, then we have a solid CB part

A slow Sunday, as it’s been every other Sunday since I’ve started this. Only a very small but still important update. Pedro Gallese (@ricomoreira09) The final nail in the coffin basically happened today. Our very own Director of Scouting and Recruitment Ricardo Moreira followed Pedro Gallese on Twitter today. With that, all signs are pointing to the Peruvian joining us and that just makes me so happy. I must say, great job again to our front office. This squad is looking more

There have been so many rumors to keep up with recently. Another one popped up out of nowhere today. Claudio Baeza (@ResidentesF) Another weird rumor popped up today. We were linked with Necaxa defensive midfielder Claudio Baeza. I'm not sure why we would want him unless we were replacing a certain Jhegson Mendez with him. He would not be cheap at all considering he just joined his current club this July. My guess is this rumor is his agent trying to get him a new deal and is