Robin Jansson Scores First of the Year in Lions’ 1-1 Draw at New England

June 15, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Orlando City SC News Release

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Orlando City SC (6-5-4, 22 points) took a point in its return to play from the international break, battling to a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution (5-5-5, 20 points) on Wednesday night at Gillette Stadium.

The match saw defender Robin Jansson score his first goal of the year, now with five in all competitions as a Lion. Jansson became the fifth defender to find the back of the net this campaign for the side, joining João Moutinho, Ruan, Rodrigo Schlegel and Kyle Smith all with finishes this season.

In addition, forward Tesho Akindele tallied his 100th Club appearance on the night, entering the game in second half stoppage time. Akindele joins former Orlando City players Cristian Higuita, Chris Mueller and teammate Robin Jansson at the century mark, becoming the fourth player in Club history to reach such a milestone.

Head Coach Oscar Pareja:

“I think it was a well played game. We have the sensation that it could have been more than a point. In certain moments we pushed and had to keep pushing, but we found in New England today a team that wanted to play the transitions, their players were dangerous there, and I think we controlled them. [It was] well played by the players. The effort after 16 days without playing was much, much better and the rhythm was better than I thought and we’ll be ready for the next one.”

Scoring Recap:

22′ Carles Gil (Gustavo Bou, Wiflrid Kaptoum) – NE 1, ORL 0

The Revolution opened the scoring in Foxborough on Wednesday night, with New England’s Carles Gil receiving a forward ball from Gustavo Bou. Gil carried the ball forward towards City’s defensive line and fired a curler from outside the box into the left corner of the net.

35′ Robin Jansson – ORL 1, NE 1

The Lions equalized with 10 minutes left before the halftime break. Defender Robin Jansson picked up a deflected ball in New England’s box and drove to the endline before firing the ball low across the face of goal and into the lower right corner of the Revolution net.

Match Notes:

Robin Jansson scored his first goal of the campaign on the evening. The finish marked the seventh goal by an Orlando City defender this season, with Jansson joining João Moutinho (2), Ruan (2), Rodrigo Schlegel (1) and Kyle Smith (1) with scores in 2022.

Tesho Akindele tallied his 100th appearance as a Lion across all competitions, entering the game in second half stoppage time. Akindele becomes the…