Orlando City SC and New York City FC are not able to live up to the hype they created at the beginning of the season. Both teams have only won one game since the season started and are tied with five points in the Eastern Conference standings.
The central-Florida team, which is lead by Brazilian star Kaka, suffered a last-minute loss against D.C. United at home by 1-0. Despite creating more chances than their opponent, they could not finish any of them and paid the price.
Kaka created many chances for his team, finding the few open spaces in United’s defense. His teammates were unable to finish his plays plenty of times. Then, Luis Silva made them regret those lost opportunities by scoring the game-winning goal on aggregate time.
Luis Silva (left) stunned the home crowd by scoring a late goal that gave United the win
Villa’s NYCFC had the week off to recover
Kansas City took great advantage of his absence and racked up its first win of the season. 12 minutes was all it took for Kansas to take the lead thanks to a goal from Ike Opara. NYCFC was unable to react in the following 78 minutes.
NYCFC suffered its first loss in the history of the franchise against Kansas City without Villa
Portland Timbers also won their first game of the 2015 season by taking on FC Dallas. The home side shocked many by defeating a team that was undefeated after four games by 3-1.
Tesho Akindele gave the visiting side some hope by equalizing the game in the 29th minute. It was until the second half that with a goal from Maximiliano
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