By: Eddie Melville The UCF Football program ended its 2020 season with a 49-23 blowout loss to #16 BYU in the Boca Raton Bowl on December 22. As a diehard UCF fan, this was an embarrassing way to go out and was wrought with many of the familiar faults that were evident in the other... Continue Reading →
MLS is Back Tournament Recap: 8/12/20!
Portland 2 - Orlando 1 A champion has been crowned in the first, and maybe only, MLS is Back Tournament. For me personally, it may have been the worst team that could have won it. Portland, Carson, and Houston hold special places in the depths of my sports dislike pool. Portland doesn’t care about being... Continue Reading →
MLS is Back Tournament Recap: 8/6/20!
Orlando 3 - Minnesota 1 The final of the MLS is Back Tournament is set. The hometown team is on to the championship game to face the Portland Timbers. Orlando didn’t have to rely on their late game heroics this time as it seemed like every shot they put on target was finding the net.... Continue Reading →
MLS is Back Tournament Recap: 8/5/20!
Philadelphia 1 - Portland 2 The first semi-final match of the MLS is Back Tournament was a tight one against two good teams. I always thought that Philly was going to score the equalizer, but it just never happened. You have to wonder how different this game would have been if Sergio Santos hadn’t missed... Continue Reading →
MLS is Back Tournament Recap: 7/31/20!
Orlando 1 (5) - LAFC 1 (4) The clock nearly struck midnight for Cinderella in this game, but Orlando City found late heroics once more as they continued their run as the “home team” for the MLS is Back Tournament. This was a slow paced game showing a bit of an uncharacteristically slow LAFC team.... Continue Reading →