On the precipice of a matchup with the East-leading Montreal Impact (4-3-4, 16 points), Orlando City SC (2-3-5, 11 points) head coach Adrian Heath looks to get his team back to winning form. Returning from a one game suspension, Heath knows that with four out of the next five games at home, City has a chance to strike.
“Obviously a huge game for us in the current circumstances,” Heath acknowledged. “The league’s very, very tight. I know that if we can win the next couple of games… this league table will look an awful lot different.”
The 55 year-old coach hailing from England, in his sixth season at the helm of the club – only second in the MLS – is looking for the fight in the eyes of his players.
“We’ve worked really hard to be where we are,” Heath said to reporters. “The last thing we’re going to do is take the foot off or go backwards.”
Heath and the team are preparing for the upcoming Impact match with a lot of intensity, even with star Montréal striker Didier Drogba out with an injury. He wants his players to step up, and recall their journey to this point.
“People have to show that playing for Orlando City means something,” Heath declared, trying his best to push his players to go as hard as they can for the purple and gold.
“We’ve had enough words this week. It’s time for actions.”
