Canadian international Tesho Akindele hopes to lift U.S. Open Cup with Orlando City
Canadian international Tesho Akindele has been on the mark of late for Orlando City SC, scoring late goals to secure wins over Charlotte FC and New York City FC.
He hopes that bodes well for Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final against visiting Sacramento Republic FC of the second-tier USL Championship.
“It’s been a big couple of weeks for me personally,” said Akindele. “Obviously being able to score two really big goals for our team. But then just for our team in general, we’ve won four games in a row and now we’re headed into a cup final. So there’s a lot of momentum with us.”
The 30-year-old Calgary-born forward won the U.S. Open Cup in 2016 with FC Dallas, coming off the bench in the 58th minute, under current Orlando head coach Oscar Pareja.