STATUS CHECK
ORLANDO ? Surrendering two first-half goals to Jean Alexandre and one after the halftime break to Dennis Chin, the Harrisburg City Islanders dropped a 3-1 verdict to the league-leading Orlando City Lions in a USL PRO match played before 7,300-plus fans Saturday night at the Florida Citrus Bowl.
QUICK STRIKES
Lucky Mkosana, with help over the top from Matt Bahner, netted the lone goal for a City?
Islanders squad (12-8-1 overall, 11-8-1 in USL PRO) that split its two weekend games in Florida. ... Luke Boden and Jamie Watson were credited with assists on Alexandre's first-half scores for Orlando (14-3-6 overall, 12-2-6 in USL PRO). ... Nick Noble made four stops in goal for Harrisburg, the same number as Miguel Gallardo.
PIVOTAL SEQUENCE
Given an opportunity to step in front, Alexandre's headball finish of Boden's service from the right wing put an Orlando club that had two players in the vicinity of the flighted ball in front in the 25th minute. Ten minutes later, Watson's through ball put Alexandre behind the Harrisburg defense and in on Noble. One well-placed shot between Noble's legs later, the Lions sported a 2-0 lead.
STOPPAGE TIME
Orlando claimed the season series 1-0-1. As a result, the City Islanders fell to 2-2-4 in completed series. ... Harrisburg is now 0-3 in regular-season scraps at the Citrus Bowl. ... Mkosana, who had gone two-plus months without scoring before netting a goal in Friday?
night's 2-0 win at Tampa Bay, connected in his second straight game. ... On loan from Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union, Don Anding joined the City Islanders on Friday night and logged all 90 minutes against the Lions. ... Bahner collected his first professional point with his assist on Mkosana's second-half finish (79th). ... City Islanders head coach Bill Becher made four changes to his starting lineup Saturday, awarding slots to Anding, Cristhian Hernandez, Jimmy McLaughlin and Kenny Caceros since Harrisburg played a night earlier. ... Gallardo made three of his four saves after the half, all of them highlight-reel stops. ... Harrisburg fell to 6-3-0 away from Skyline Sports Complex, where the third-place City Islanders will play Wednesday night against the Dayton Dutch Lions. ... The victory increased Orlando's lead over second-place Richmond to four points.
YOU DON'T SAY
"They came out in the first half and because we played [Friday] night they put a lot of pressure on us. We made several mistakes and they capitalized on them. In the second half I thought we responded well. Though they scored one, we got that goal back. I thought we played well in the second half and had our chances." ? Becher
MICHAEL BULLOCK: mbullock@pennlive.com
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Source: http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/07/post_228.html
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