2017 Orlando City B season

Orlando City B
2017 season
Head Coach Anthony Pulis
Stadium Orlando City Stadium
USL Conference: 42 pts. / 9th place
USL Playoffs Did not Qualify
Home colors
Away colors

The 2017 Orlando City B season was the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the Eastern Conference of the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. It was their first and ultimately only year playing in the new Orlando City Stadium in Downtown Orlando.

This was City B's final season in the second tier of American soccer. During the 2017–18 offseason, City B's Major League Soccer parent, Orlando City SC, announced that City B would not participate in the 2018 USL season.[1] Then, during the 2018 season, City SC and the USL's parent, United Soccer Leagues, announced that City B would become a founding member of the new third-tier USL League One in 2019.[2] At the same time, City SC also announced that the new home of City B would be at Montverde Academy in the Orlando suburb of Montverde, which houses City SC's development academy.[3]

Roster

As of April 25, 2017
No. Position Player Nation
6 Midfielder Richie Laryea (GA; on loan from Orlando City)  Canada
12 Defender Kevin Alston (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
13 Forward Hadji Barry (on loan from Orlando City)  Senegal
19 Forward Moussa Sane (on loan from Orlando City)  Guinea
23 Defender Conor Donovan (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
24 Midfielder Lewis Neal  England
28 Defender Tommy Redding (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
30 Midfielder Danny Deakin  England
36 Goalkeeper Earl Edwards, Jr. (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
41 Midfielder Jordan Schweitzer  Canada
42 Defender Zach Ellis-Hayden  Canada
45 Forward Ben Polk  England
46 Midfielder Paul Clowes  England
47 Defender Jules Youmeni  Cameroon
63 Midfielder Scott Thomsen  United States
70 Goalkeeper Jake Fenlason  United States
71 Defender Zach Carroll  United States
77 Forward Austin Martz  United States
79 Defender Fernando Timbó  Brazil
80 Midfielder Ryley Kraft  United States
90 Forward Albert Dikwa  Cameroon
94 Defender PC (on loan from Orlando City)  Brazil
95 Defender Léo Pereira (on loan from Atlético Paranaense)  Brazil
96 Forward Joe Gallardo  United States
98 Forward Pierre da Silva (on loan from Orlando City)  United States
99 Forward Michael Cox  Canada

On October 18, 2017, OCB declined the options of defenders Zach Ellis-Hayden, Zach Carroll and Timbó; midfielders Jordan Schweitzer, Danny Deakin and Austin Martz; and forward Michael Cox. Additionally, the contracts of goalkeeper Jake Fenlason, defender Scott Thomsen and midfielders Paul Clowes and Lewis Neal have expired.[4]

Competitions

USL Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 New York Red Bulls II 32 13 5 14 57 60 −3 44 Conference Playoffs
8 Bethlehem Steel FC 32 12 8 12 46 45 +1 44
9 Orlando City B 32 10 12 10 37 36 +1 42
10 Ottawa Fury 32 8 14 10 42 41 +1 38
11 Harrisburg City Islanders 32 10 7 15 28 47 −19 37
Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

References

  1. ↑ "Orlando City B Elects to Forgo 2018 USL Division II Season" (Press release). Orlando City SC. January 12, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Orlando City B Becomes USL Division III Founding Member" (Press release). United Soccer Leagues. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Culver, Jordan (September 6, 2018). "Orlando City B to relaunch in 2019 as USL League One side". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2017/10/18/orlando-city-b-announces-roster-moves-following-second-usl-season
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