The fullback has improved at both ends of the pitch so far this season.
... d backup who ended up being thrust into a starting role as Joao Moutinho and Ruan struggled with fitness. In particular he flashed his versatility, playing fu ...
How did the Lions rate individually in their first win of the season?
... minute with other Lions in the box but couldn’t make anything of it. Still, Ruan’s work on offense with Chris Mueller is like clockwork at this point and he ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (May 1, 2021) - Orlando City SC (1-0-2, 5 points) earned its first victory of the 2021 Major League Soccer (MLS) season on Saturday night, taking a 3-0 win over FC Cincinnati (0-2-1, 1 point) at Exploria Stadium. Tesho Akindele scored...
... City SC - GK Pedro Gallese; D Kyle Smith, Rodrigo Schlegel, Antonio Carlos, Ruan (João Moutinho 85’); M Mauricio Pereyra (Andrés Perea 60’), Júnior Urso (Joe ...
ORLANDO, Fla. – FC Cincinnati fell to Orlando City SC, 3-0, at Exploria Stadium on Saturday evening. Orlando City SC (1-0-2, 5 pts.) capitalized early on an FC Cincinnati (0-2-1, 1 pt.) miscue when Tesho Akindele opened the scoring in the first...
... uls 10, Possession 47.7%, Passes 468 (88.5%) Orlando City SC: Pedro Gallese, Ruan (João Moutinho 85’), Antônio Carlos, Rodrigo Schlegel, Kyle Smith, Mauricio ...
Tesho Akindele, Nani, and Junior Urso gave the Lions more than enough offense for a dub and El Pulpo kept a clean sheet.
... to force a good save by Tyton. Mendez ripped a shot just wide moments later. Ruan cut inside and fired a shot that Tyton saved in the 74th as the Lions contin ...
How did the Lions fare in their 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City?
... minute gave Alan Pulido a chance but the SKC Designated Player put it wide. Ruan had one shot offensively, crossed poorly, and completed 78.1% of his 41 pass ...
The Lions had two goals called back before finally netting Nani’s equalizer.
... overturned as Isimat-Mirin was well offside when the initial shot was taken. Ruan was set up at the top of the box in the 17th minute but his shot was headed ...
Gianluca Busio marked his 50th career regular season appearance with a goal to help Sporting Kansas City (1-0-1, 4 points) to a 1-1 draw against Orlando City SC (0-0-2, 2 points) in an exciting Children’s Mercy Park home opener on Friday night....
... ipe Hernandez, Grayson Barber, Wilson Harris Orlando City SC: Pedro Gallese; Ruan, Antonio Carlos, Rodrigo Schlegel, Kyle Smith; Benji Michel (Chris Mueller 5 ...
An exercise in futility is a good result?
... d no crosses is at least in part because he was attacking a better fullback (Ruan vs. Kyle Smith). Neither of them was much involved in the defense, but why b ...
How did the Lions rate individually in the 2021 season opener?
... stretch Orlando’s attack and crash the box. Like the rest of the back line, Ruan played all 90 minutes and hustled in the game’s final minutes to make sure O ...
Atlanta United opened its 2021 MLS Regular Season with a 0-0 draw against Orlando City SC at Exploria Stadium on Saturday. Brad Guzan made three saves to keep his 43rd clean sheet for the club and the team ran it’s shutout streak to three...
... ald Hernandez, Tyler Wolff. ORLANDO CITY SC STARTING LINEUP Pedro Gallese; Ruan, Rodrigo Schlegel, Kyle Smith, Antonio Carlos; Sebastian Mendez, Junior Urso ...
Lions generated some good chances on opening day, but just couldn’t get the last touch quite right.
... allowed the defense to knock the ball away for a corner. Four minutes later, Ruan cut inside and had a shot blocked which would have fallen to Mueller had he ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 17, 2021) - Orlando City SC (0-0-1, 1 point) remained unbeaten in opening fixtures on Saturday afternoon, battling to a scoreless draw with Atlanta United FC (0-0-1, 1 point) to open its 2021 Major League Soccer regular season....
... ity SC - GK Pedro Gallese ©; D Kyle Smith, Rodrigo Schlegel, Antonio Carlos, Ruan; M Nani © (Benji Michel 71’), Júnior Urso, Sebastián Méndez, Chris Mueller ( ...
Ratings and your reactions from Atlanta United’s MLS opener against rivals Orlando City
... ying to be Atlanta’s wide player on the left side while also keeping tabs on Ruan. CB Miles Robinson 7: Extremely solid once again. His job was clearly to be ...
