\n Orlando City Interim Head Coach Mart\u00edn Perelman<\/p>\n
\u201c[V]ery\u00a0happy\u00a0for\u00a0everyone here\u00a0at\u00a0the club.\u00a0I\u00a0think this was a really good victory against a very difficult opponent.\u00a0Highlight the effort off our players and highlight the support of our people, today they brought an amazing energy to the stadium, they filled the stadium. It was a\u00a0really good\u00a0night,\u00a0we really enjoyed it.\u201d <\/p>\n
On\u00a0the team\u2019s performance <\/p>\n
\u201cWe always try to adjust. Sometimes it works, sometimes it\u00a0doesn\u2019t. I think at the end of the day\u00a0it is\u00a0the players.\u00a0We, coaches,\u00a0can do many tactics, but at the end of the day,\u00a0the protagonists are the players, and I think our players today performed really well. They put in a huge effort with and without the ball, and\u00a0I think that\u00a0is the reason, if I had to find one.\u00a0We faced a really good opponent that we\u00a0respect very much, and it was a really tough game.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0happy we could win it.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI mean\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0really good\u00a0point what you highlight because we give a lot of importance to\u00a0all of\u00a0the roster. For us, one of the most important things during this training period was to put every single\u00a0player\u00a0for Orlando City on the same level. And we\u00a0know\u00a0and we are aware that it is\u00a0very,\u00a0very, very\u00a0important\u00a0that everyone is ready. And I think not only today, but\u00a0since\u00a0a while, I think players\u00a0that\u00a0are coming in are doing\u00a0really well.\u00a0Today,\u00a0as you\u00a0mention, [Tyrese]\u00a0Spicer was able to score, but\u00a0as well,\u00a0Adri\u00a0[Mar\u00edn]\u00a0who came from the bench, he\u00a0did an amazing job.\u00a0Bernardo\u00a0did\u00a0really well\u00a0when went in in San Jose and today he did\u00a0it\u00a0really well\u00a0from the beginning,\u00a0and\u00a0Adri [Mar\u00edn]\u00a0coming from the bench.\u00a0Wilder\u00a0[Cartagena]\u00a0came in really well.\u00a0Harvey\u00a0[Sarajian], I mean everyone. I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0want to miss anyone. So, I think at the end of the day, in general, but in this league, I think especially in this league,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0very important, every single player and we are happy everyone here is performing and is at disposal.”<\/p>\n
\n Orlando City Forward Antoine Griezmann\u00a0(Interpreted\u00a0from Spanish)<\/p>\n
\u201cVery tired and\u00a0very happy\u00a0with the win today. What stands out to me is the effort from the entire group from the first minute to the\u00a0last. We played\u00a0a very good\u00a0team today, and they caused us problems at times, especially with their strong defense. But\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0very happy\u00a0with the goal from Justin [Ellis] and Tyrese\u00a0[Spicer]\u00a0and\u00a0very happy\u00a0with the win.\u201d <\/p>\n
On\u00a0his first official match at Inter.co Stadium <\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it was great. The atmosphere was fantastic.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0why I spoke yesterday about energy. We need that energy during the difficult moments in a game, and it was amazing for us today. It was a good game.\u00a0We showed that\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0a strong team, and I think\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0what the fans want to see,\u00a0a strong team\u00a0that wins games.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Orlando City SC\u00a0Forward Tyrese Spicer<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst,\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0like to thank God. I also want to give a big shoutout to the fans. Honestly, the turnout today was incredible. I loved the energy and passion from the fans, and that showed on the field. I thought it was a really\u00a0strong performance\u00a0from the team, solid from the first whistle to the last. I also want to thank my teammates for all the courage and the work behind the scenes that people\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0see. We drill it\u00a0over and over again, doing the same things repeatedly to produce a performance like that tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a crazy feeling after the goal. I know Justin [Ellis] likes to dribble, so I thought\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0give him the ball and run into space. I knew he was going to cut inside, and I was just waiting for it. I was\u00a0yelling\u00a0his name as loud as I could, telling him to give it to me. As soon as I got the ball, I knew I had to score. After that, it was just muscle memory.\u201d <\/p>\n
On Justin Ellis and his growth throughout the season <\/p>\n
\u201cI think\u00a0he\u2019s matured\u00a0a lot in a short amount of time, and\u00a0I think that\u00a0comes from his confidence. He has a lot of confidence in himself and trusts his ability. Once you have that mindset, the\u00a0sky\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0limit. I think he can go to Europe easily. He just needs to stay humble and keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City Interim Head Coach Mart\u00edn Perelman \u201c[V]ery\u00a0happy\u00a0for\u00a0everyone here\u00a0at\u00a0the club.\u00a0I\u00a0think this was a really good victory against a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47194,4787,115,139,4786,141,140,143721,96736,7702],"class_list":["post-352754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-matchday","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsnsh-07-25-2026","tag-they-said-it","tag-tyrese-spicer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}