Orlando City was after Yoshimar Yotún for a while. The club thought highly of his abilities as a creative midfielder with Peru’s national team and his former club in Sweden and finally found a way to sign him on Aug.4.

Yotún now has two matches in purple behind him, and he’s still impressing the Lions.

After their 1-1 draw last week against the Columbus Crew, coach Jason Kreis called Yotún “spectacular.”

He moved all over the field, playing two position in the midfield and shifting to left back when needed toward the end of the match.

“For me, he was absolutely spectacular,” Kreis said. “And in the first half he was playing some passes that our players didn’t even see. He was seeing things quicker than they were, and I thought if we have just a little more time with that player, we could have some really special stuff.”

Orlando City's home match against Vancouver on Saturday could showcase Yotún’s abilities even more. He’ll have another week of training under him and likely will take the field for the first time with both Dom Dwyer and Kaká.

Dwyer has been in and out of the team due to MLS All-Star week and injury, and Kaká served a red card suspension last week.

When asked about the team’s potential with those three players on the field together, Kreis told a group of media, “First, you’ve made a large assumption about whether or not they’ll play together, but the three players are special players. If those three players do play together, I think they can be difference-makers, no doubt.”

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