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Orlando City’s Late Goal Gives Them a Point Against New England

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Dom Dwyer knocks in his 10th goal of the season against New England Revolution Saturday. Photo: USA TODAY Sports.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – In a game that Orlando City needed to win to keep up with the rest of the Eastern Conference, City had to get a late goal from Scott Sutter to force a 3-3 tie on Saturday night. The tie now keeps the Revolution 6 points ahead of Orlando with 11 games to play in the regular season. Orlando still has one more head-to-head game against New England next month. MLS All-Star and Orlando City Midfielder Yoshi Yotun had 3 assists.

“Obviously delighted to get a point, especially so late in the game. But when you look at the supporters, when you look at the atmosphere the second half, the way the supporters kept chanting, kept pushing, kept driving us on, massive, massive thank-you to the supporters tonight because I think they’ve really helped us to come back into the game and get that point. Hats off to the whole Orlando City supporters groups because that was immense from them tonight to really drive us and help us get something out of the game.” -Orlando City Head Coach James O’Connor on the crowd in Orlando City Stadium

Even though City held the possession over 75% of the time in the opening 45 minutes, costly mistakes and turnovers gave New England the early lead. After Juan Aguelo scored his 7th goal of the season on a corner kick in the 7th minute, City’s Scott Sutter’s costly pass lead to Cristan Penilla’s 9th goal of the season to give New England a 2-0 lead in the 18th minute.

“We have to stop. We make it really difficult to go win the game when we’re 2-nil down after whatever it is, 20 minutes. It’s not like they’re fantastic goals. The goals we’re giving are from our standpoint, they’re really cheap. We put ourselves in a hole, 2-nil down.”- O’Connor on the team’s slow start

After Sasha Kljestan’s injury in the 38th minute and substitution in the 42nd minute, the Lions went on the attack and Dom Dywer put home his team leading 10th goal of the season right before halftime to give the home crowd something to cheer about. Kljestan went into the locker room and will be examined further on Monday, according to Orlando City Soccer Club.

That first half goal gave Orlando life and momentum as they entered the second half. City used the crowd and that momentum to control the opening 24 minutes of the second half and it led to the game-tying goal by Amro Tarek on a header that was deflected off both the post and the Revolution goalkeeper to tie the game at 2.

The Lions are now standing 8th in the Eastern Conference in a tie with Toronto FC. Orlando’s next game will be next Sunday against D.C United in the nation’s capital. Their next home game will be on August 22nd, when they take on Atlanta United at Orlando City Stadium.

 

Goal Summary:

NE – 7th min – Agueldo (7th of the season) scores off a weird corner kick that landed in the box and driven in the after the deflection.

NE – 18th min – Penilla (9th of the season) after a City turnover from Sutter allowed him to have space to put the ball over Edwards Jr. right shoulder.

ORL – 45th min – Dwyer (10th of the season) scores after Rocha made a perfect centering pass that Dwyer was able to put in the back of the net

ORL – 71 min – Tarek (1st of the season) scores on a header that bounced off the post and the New England goalkeeper.

NE – 78th min – Bunbury (11th of the season) uses a stepover dribble to beat his defender and his shot went through the legs of Edwards Jr.

ORL – 90th min (Extra Time) – Sutter (1st of the season) uses his head to redirect Yoshi Yotun’s free kick into the back of the net.

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Danny Thompson is a sports contributor for Florida National News. | info@floridanationalnews.com

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NPA: Cynthia Harris becomes 6th Candidate to enter Supervisor of Elections Race

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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN) – Community advocate Cynthia Harris filed as a NPA candidate to run for the open Orange County Supervisor of Elections seat Monday, October 2, 2023, according to the Supervisor of Elections’ website.

Harris ran for election to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to represent District 6. Harris lost in the primary election August 23, 2022.

Orange County Public Schools Board Member Karen Castor Dentel was the first candidate and Democrat to file. Ricardo Negron-Almodovar, a Democrat and Florida Senior Campaign Manager for All Voting is Local also filed as well as Democrat Michael Scott, former Orange County Democratic Chairman Wes Hodge and Republican Attorney Joseph Haynes Davis.

The six candidates seeking to replace retiring Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles.

The primary election happens August 20, 2024 and the general election happens November 5, 2024.

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US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, too.

The Food and Drug Administration decision makes GSK’s shot, called Arexvy, the first of several potential vaccines in the pipeline for RSV to be licensed anywhere.

The move sets the stage for adults 60 and older to get vaccinated this fall — but first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide if every senior really needs RSV protection or only those considered at high risk from the respiratory syncytial virus. CDC’s advisers will debate that question in June.

After decades of failure in the quest for an RSV vaccine, doctors are anxious to finally have something to offer — especially after a virus surge that strained hospitals last fall.

“This is a great first step … to protect older persons from serious RSV disease,” said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, who wasn’t involved with its development. Next, “we’re going to be working our way down the age ladder” for what’s expected to be a string of new protections.

The FDA is considering competitor Pfizer’s similar vaccine for older adults. Pfizer also is seeking approval to vaccinate pregnant women, so their babies are born with some of mom’s protection.

There isn’t a vaccine for kids yet but high-risk infants often get monthly doses of a protective drug during RSV season — and European regulators recently approved the first one-dose option. The FDA also is considering whether to approve Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s one-shot medicine.

“This is a very exciting time with multiple potential RSV solutions coming out after years of really nothing,” said Dr. Phil Dormitzer, chief of vaccine research and development for GSK, formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline.

RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most people but it can be life-threatening for the very young, the elderly and people with certain high-risk health problems. It can impede babies’ breathing by inflaming their tiny airways, or creep deep into seniors’ lungs to cause pneumonia.

In the U.S., about 58,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized for RSV each year and several hundred die. Among older adults, as many as 177,000 are hospitalized with RSV and up to 14,000 die annually.

Why has it taken so long to come up with a vaccine? The field suffered a major setback in the 1960s when an experimental shot worsened infections in children. Scientists finally figured out a better way to develop these vaccines — although modern candidates still were first tested with adults.

GSK’s new vaccine for older adults trains the immune system to recognize a protein on RSV’s surface, and contains an ingredient called an adjuvant to further rev up that immune reaction.

In an international study of about 25,000 people 60 and older, one dose of the vaccine was nearly 83% effective at preventing RSV lung infections, and reduced the risk of severe infections by 94%.

To see how long protection lasts, GSK is tracking study participants for three years, comparing some who get just one vaccination during that time and others given a yearly booster.

Shot reactions were typical of vaccinations, such as muscle pain and fatigue.

There was a hint of a rare but serious risk — one case of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause usually temporary paralysis, and two cases of a type of brain and spinal cord inflammation. The FDA said it was requiring the company to continue studying if there really is a link to the vaccine.

If the CDC ultimately recommends the vaccination for some or even all seniors, it will add another shot for the fall along with their yearly flu vaccine – and maybe another COVID-19 booster.

“We’ll have to educate the population that this virus that not everyone has heard about is actually an important threat to their health in the wintertime,” said Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University. ___

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Orlando Police kill armed suspect, 3 found dead with gunshot wounds

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ORLANDO, Fla. – At approximately 2:25 a.m. Orlando Police officers responded to a home at the 600 block of Grand Avenue in reference to a domestic violence incident. Shortly after arrival police heard shots from inside the house. The suspect came out of the house and shot at officers who returned fire, the Orlando Police Department said in a statement.

The suspect was transported to the hospital and was confirmed deceased.

Upon entering the home, 3 individuals were found with gunshot wounds. 1 was a child who was transported by officers to a local hospital. All 3 individuals are confirmed to be deceased, Orlando police said.

The two officers involved were not injured and will be on paid administrative leave. As with all officer involved shootings, FDLE will conduct an independent review of the incident, followed by the State Attorney’s office. Additionally, the Orlando Police Department will conduct its own internal investigation, according to Orlando police.

The officers did have their body worn camera on during the incident and per policy we will make the body worn camera available to the public within 30 days, Orlando police added.

The identifies of the suspect, the victims and the officers were not immediately released by Orlando police.

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