July 23, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Cincinnati News Release
It’s understandable that training sessions for MLS All-Stars in Columbus, Ohio, would be a little strange. After working all season to defeat each other every week (for the most part), the league’s best now put on matching kits, come out to train together, and work in a system that is foreign to all but a very few.
Luciano Acosta and Luca Orellano, though, have each other to lean on. As representatives from Cincinnati at this All-Star game, the duo is as tight as can be, and the more veteran All-Star Acosta has helped Orellano along the way as he navigates his first All-Star experience. With all the media obligations and the scheduling that come with All-Star festivities, things like travel, locations and expectations, it can be difficult to navigate it all in your second language (English) without getting overwhelmed.
“I just hope he enjoys it,” Acosta said today of Orellano. “For Luca, it’s great for him to be here. You can see, maybe there’s a little bit of nerves, but Luca is just a calm, quiet guy, and he takes everything pretty calmly. So for me, I just tell him to enjoy the moments and enjoy playing.”
Acosta is a well-known and fully-formed star in this league, playing in his third All-Star Game and his second as a captain. But for Luca, this event is a coming-out party for him in some ways. As a newcomer to MLS, his name may not be known league-wide like some of the more established players, but his quality on the field is apparent and he belongs with the group assembled in Columbus. Having his club captain and fellow Argentine with him to guide this process has been appreciated.
“Everything that he’s done for the team this year. He deserves this honor,” Orellano said of Acosta being named captain of the MLS squad. “With all these great players here, for me, I think he’s the best one here.
“It’s just so great to be with him here, he’s been such a great friend to me,” Orellano said of Acosta. “I’m just proud to represent and be with (him) every day. He’s been really helpful all week for all the things that maybe I don’t understand with the English, but we understand each other really well on the field and it’s great to play with him.”
There have only been two training sessions leading into the matchup with Liga MX All-Stars, but both have been filled with fun interplay by the league’s stars as the loaded split squads in small-sided games have tormented the three MLS All-Star keepers….
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