Orlando City Soccer Club mourns shooting victims, stands with city

Many games will have moments of silence for victims

ORLANDO, Fla. – From Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to AT&T Park in San Francisco and Michigan International Speedway, sports venues all over North America held moments of silence on Sunday and Monday to honor the victims of Sunday's shootings at Pulse and show solidarity with the city of Orlando.

The NBA will also pay tribute with a moment of silence before the Cavaliers tipoff with the Warriors in Game 5 of the Finals Friday night in Oakland.

Orlando City Soccer is finalizing plans for its own tribute during Saturday's night match at Camping World Stadium. It will be the Lions' first home game since Sunday's tragedy. To honor the victims, Orlando City Soccer Club is asking the public to help them with a tribute at Saturday's game. Find your seats in the chart below and wear clothing of that sections color.

"It does send that message that, 'Hey, we're here with you. We hurt with you," said Bo Brown, with the Iron Lion Firm.

Brown said Saturday's soccer game will be a small way of moving forward as a city and helping us heal.

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"I think it kind of gives people a chance to get their mind of something for at least 90 minutes and get back to a sense of a little bit of normalcy to watch our team play," Brown said.

The group will be handing out purple T-shirts, along with rainbow flags. All the money donated will go to the victim's of the Pulse shooting and their families.

But they're not the only one's prepping the game for unity. Jonathan Van Dyke has been sharing a picture of the stadium with different color groups all over Facebook.

He hopes soccer fans will fill the stadium with the colors of the rainbow.

"We're encouraging everyone to wear the color that's designated for their section," Van Dyke said. "We've divided the stadium into six different sections so we can have a rainbow around the stadium, showing a true sense of unity within our community."

The Orlando City Soccer Tribute idea has already been shared nearly a thousand times.

"We're not asking people to go out and buy something. Most people already have these colors in their closet and if you don't you likely have a friend who does," Van Dyke said.

Orlando City founder Phil Rawlins said even their players will pay respects and wear jerseys with the Orlando United emblem in the middle.

"We changed all of our content up. It will be not like any other game that's taken place in Orlando City," Rawlins said. "We have our commemorate T-shirts. The players will be wearing those. We have a patch that we've put on the jerseys, which is 'Orlando United.'"

It's a powerful moment for the city, along with a moment of silence mid-game.

"At the 49th minute, we will stop the game," Rawlins said. "We will stop the game and we will hold a moment of silence for all the victims, all the victims of the tragedy on Sunday morning."

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Several Orlando City players and head coach Adrian Heath expressed their grief and condolences to the victims' families Monday morning after practice.

An integral part of the Central Florida community since 2011, becoming even more visible with last year's move to Major League Soccer, Orlando City players and club staff promised to help with the city's healing process in any way possible as they continue to stand united with Orlando.


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