Orlando City B

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Orlando City B
Logo
Full name Orlando City B
Nickname(s) Lions
OCB
Founded 2015
Ground Titan Soccer Complex
Melbourne, Florida
Ground Capacity 3,500
Owner Orlando City SC
Head Coach Anthony Pulis
League USL
2016 Inaugural Season
Website Club home page

Orlando City B (or OCB for short) is a United Soccer League (USL) club that is set to begin play in 2016. Owned by Orlando City SC based in Melbourne, Florida, OCB will play its home games at the Titan Soccer Complex on the campus of Eastern Florida State College.

History

On June 30, 2015, Orlando City SC announced that they would operate a USL club starting in 2016[1] in the Central Florida area. The team would be their USL affiliate, and Orlando City and Louisville City (their USL affiliate club for 2015) had negotiated a "long-term formal partnership" to replace their affiliation arrangement.[2]

Orlando City also announced that Anthony Pulis would coach the new team. Pulis was a player for Orlando City SC's USL club from 2011–14 and is the son of Tony Pulis, currently the manager of English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion F.C.[2] On August 11, 2015, Arizona United announced that Rob Valentino would retire from playing[3] and that he would be an assistant coach for Orlando's new USL team.[4]

On October 15, 2015, the club was officially introduced as Orlando City B, with home games to be played in Melbourne at the Titan Soccer Complex on the campus of EFSC campus.[5] In addition, OCB announced its first three player signings (pending USSF approval); defenders Mikey Ambrose and Kyle Callan-McFadden and midfielder Tony Rocha.[6] On December 17, Lewis Neal was signed to Orlando City B to provide leadership and an experienced presence on the team.[7]

Location

Tim Holt, Orlando's vice president of development, said that they would be looking for a stadium in Central Florida in order to facilitate the training of emerging players with the MLS team. Holt was the president of USL until May 2015.[1] Eastern Florida State College's stadium was visited by team personnel as a possible location.[8]

On August 21, 2015, the VP for athletics at Eastern Florida State College claimed in a pitch to the Brevard County Tourist Development Council's Sports Commission that the college's Titan Soccer Complex and a stadium in Deland are among the finalists to host games for the USL team.[9] Said plan was approved and the Titan Sports Complex at ECSC will be OCB's official home venue for the 2016 season.[5][6]

First team roster

As of March 11, 2016
No. Position Player Nation
6 Midfielder Richie Laryea (GA; on loan from Orlando City)     Canada
16 Defender Devron Garcia (on loan from Orlando City)     Honduras
24 Defender Lewis Neal      England
35 Forward Bryan Róchez (DP; on loan from Orlando City)     Honduras
36 Goalkeeper Earl Edwards, Jr. (on loan from Orlando City)     United States
40 Midfielder Jonathan Mendoza      Colombia
41 Forward Dembakwi Yomba      United States
42 Defender Zach Ellis-Hayden      Canada
43 Forward Pierre da Silva      United States
45 Defender Mikey Ambrose      United States
46 Midfielder Tony Rocha      United States
47 Midfielder Marius Obekop      Cameroon
48 Defender Kyle Callan-McFadden      Ireland
49 Defender Andrew Ribeiro      United States
50 Goalkeeper Mark Ridgers      Scotland
51 Forward Michael Cox      Canada
52 Forward William Eyang      Cameroon
53 Defender Craig Nitti      United States
54 Forward Keegan Smith      United States
56 Midfielder Alejandro García      United States
57 Midfielder Antonio Matarazzo      United States
70 Goalkeeper Jake Fenlason      United States

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References

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  10. http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/sports/article.html/content/news/articles/bhsn/2016/3/25/orlando_city_sc_loan.html

External links

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