Breaking Down the XI: El-Munir and Yotun Return

September 16, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Orlando City SC News Release

When Orlando City takes on Chicago, James O'Connor will have two welcome faces back in his XI with Yoshi Yotún and Mohamed El-Munir, who were away on international duty.

In goal, Joe Bendik will start for the fifth consecutive match. Adam Grinwis will be his backup on the bench.

O'Connor will stick with his experiment of Spector at left back. The grouping of Jonathan Spector, Carlos Ascues, Shane O'Neill, and Scott Sutter will start there third game in a row.

Uri Rosell gets a start at holding midfield paired with Yoshimar Yotún who returns from playing against the Netherlands and Germany.

Further up the field, Sacha Kljestan starts in the middle flanked by Josué Colmán on the right and Mohamed El-Munir on the left who has returned from playing South Africa with Libya.

Starting XI presented by Orlando Health: Bendik, Spector, Ascues, O'Neill, Sutter, Yotún, Rosell, El-Munir, Kljestan, Colmán, Dwyer.

Bench: Grinwis, Allen, Sané, Johnson, Mueller, Da Silva, Pinho

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