Football and TV collabs of the past have yielded Ted Lasso, All or Nothing and The English Game, and the field is now set for another player. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and City Football Group (CFG), the parent of English Premier League champions Manchester City, have struck a strategic deal to co-develop and produce scripted ..read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Playing their third game in eight days, Orlando City extended their unbeaten run to five games following a 1-1 draw against New York City FC on Saturday night. Ramiro Enrique scored for the Lions, while Hannes Wolf added one for the Pigeons in front of an announced attendance of 22,827 at Inter & Co Stadium. Advertisement "Big effort for the players," said Orlando City coach Oscar Pareja. "We wanted more; in the second half, we brought more energy and created better chances, and we should have won the game." Enrique, who scored his fourth goal in four games, gave Orlando t ..read more

Orlando City FC will put their winning streak on the line against visiting New York City FC on Saturday in advance of the long break in MLS play for the All-Star Game and Leagues Cup action. Orlando City (9-9-6, 33 points) have won four consecutive matches -- the longest current winning streak in the Eastern Conference. The latest win Wednesday was a 3-0 victory over Nashville SC from a team that hopes to separate itself from the playoff line. Orlando currently sits in seventh place in the conference ..read more

Orlando City showed tired legs after its midweek victory at Nashville but still managed to continue its unbeaten streak with a hard-fought MLS home draw against NYCFC on Saturday night. A second-half goal from Ramiro Enrique gave Orlando (9-9-7, 34 points) the lead before NYCFC (11-9-5, 38 points) pulled one back for the 1-1 outcome. “I think that New York was a little bit better in the first half and we were a little bit better in the second getting some good chances, and it was a tough opponent today,” Orlando City captain Robin Jansson said. Orlando City's best chance came in the 21st minu ..read more

“Big effort from the players after these couple weeks that we had been playing every three days. I would like to value that effort. Two teams tried to put a good performance, and from our side, in the first half, we had control, but we were not as dangerous as we were coming in the prior games. They kept possession sometimes in their half, but not a dangerous place so we were in that side control. But we wanted more. Nico [Lodeiro] was helping us just to do a job, or in a position that is not very frequent for him, but I think he did great. And in the second half, it seems like we brought mor ..read more

Orlando City has been firing on all cylinders lately, and things are finally looking up after a difficult start to the season. The Lions (9-9-6, 33 points) take on NYCFC (11-9-4, 37 points) in a rivalry match at Inter&Co Stadium. The Lions have been on a run, winning five of their last six games and scoring 19 goals in the process. Orlando City's last match against NYCFC was just a few weeks ago at Yankee Stadium ..read more

According to TUDN reporter Michele Giannone, the search for a new U.S. men's national team manager may be coming to a quick conclusion, with Giannone sharing on Thursday that former New York City FC and Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is in negotiations with U.S. Soccer to take the job. While Vieira may not have been the top name on most lists when the job opened, he was certainly in the general conversation. Assuming Vieira is the man, he would check a lot of boxes that critics of previous USMNT boss Gregg Berhalter and the USSF in general would have had on their hypothetical rubricks ..read more

Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja praised his side's “seriousness” of returning to winning ways ahead of welcoming New York City FC to Inter&Co Stadium this weekend. The Lions recorded a fourth straight MLS triumph against Nashville SC last time out having won just one of their previous seven league encounters. Orlando's upturn in form has seen them bridge the gap between the sides below them and currently sit seventh in the Eastern Conference table, just five points behind New York Red Bulls ..read more

Patrick Vieira is one of the names the United States Soccer Federation is considering for the U.S. men's national team head coaching vacancy.According to Fabrizio Romano, talks are not advanced or clo ..read more

Atlanta United's Daniel Rios scored 20 seconds into the match, but visiting New York City FC used a second-half comeback to forge a 2-2 draw Wednesday night. Saba Lobjanidze, who assisted on the first goal, also scored for Atlanta (6-11-7, 25 points), which remains winless in July even though its three-match losing skid ended. Monsef Bakrar and Talles Magno scored in the second half for NYCFC, which overcame a 2-0 halftime deficit. NYCFC (11-9-4, 37 points) has a three-match winless streak following its second tie of the season with Atlanta ..read more