Talked with Morrison after his set piece header for Charlotte. Asked him if Charlotte FC set piece coach Karl Hooper is a difference maker. Morrison tells Soccer Sheet the team is doing a lot of set piece training.
“It’s really helping us a lot … it’s really going well.”
#ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Dean Smith
Dean Smith says the team is "indebted" to Kahlina for his saves in other games, but makes clear he thought the 3rd goal was on Kahlina, and Kahlina didn't see the first goal. #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
"I thought the respect was there from our players, and I thought for long periods we were the better team." - Dean Smith #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Charlotte FC falls 4-1 to Orlando City’s rotation squad.
Gomez - from Orlando’s second team - makes it 4.
4-1 | 87’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Tiago gets a yellow for a bad tackle on Westy.
3-1 | 65’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Ojeda scores off a set piece.
3-1 | 61’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Professional foul by Toff earns him a yellow.
2-1 | 58’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Ojeda scores.
2-1 | 49’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
All square at the half.
1-1 | HT | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Yellow for Ojeda.
1-1 | 45+3’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Yellow for Westy.
1-1 | 41’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
MORRISON gets his first for the Crown!
1-1 | 33’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Angulo (ORL) gets the first card of the night.
1-0 | 24’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Goal Orlando. One of those that felt like it was going to happen. Kahlina caught looking.
1-0 | 21’ | #ORLvCLT #ForTheCrown
Carolina Ascent have CLINCHED playoffs.
Happy Belated Birthday to Rylee Baisden, who just scored off an Addisyn Merrick cross to put Carolina Ascent up 0-1 over Dallas Trinity at the 89th minute mark.
0-1 | 90’
Pep on tonight's match:
"We started a bit slow, but then, we kept we keep our momentum ... Yeah, good win."
"They are a very strong in the forward line. We know that we need to be strong against, uh, these teams. I think we did a good job."
"I don't know how they allow [us] to play in these conditions." - Pep Biel on Citi Field's pitch.
Dean Smith compares the turf at Citi Field to a "minefield."
"It looked terrible, it played terrible."
Dean Smith on why Zaha is important:
"I think you can see the way [Wilf] handles the ball ... he's got bundles of quality, he's stronger than you think."
Dean Smith said most of his talk at halftime was about procedure and positioning, including moving Aloko higher up on the field.
Dean Smith says Tim Ream felt his groin during the match, leading to him coming off at the half.
Charlotte escapes from New York ... barely.
Kahlina still our MOTM.
1-2 | FT | #NYCvCLT #ForTheCrown
Kerwin Vargas makes it two off of a Pep Biel Assist.
NYCFC responds quickly, finally breaking through at 90+2'
1-2 | 90' | #NYCvCLT #ForTheCrown
KERWIN MOTHER LOVING VARGAS
Archie Archie Archie, Oi Oi Oi!
NYCFC with 12 shots to 3 for Charlotte after 68 minutes.
Forget MOTM, Kahlina with a Team of the Matchday performance so far.
0-1 | 69' | #NYCvCLT #ForTheCrown
That's how you do it! Toko scores against the run of play.
Toff with the assist.
0-1 | 54' | #NYCvCLT #ForTheCrown
Privett in for Ream.
Second half has begun.
#NYCvCLT #ForTheCrown