Orlando, FL - A simultaneously jubilant and ashamed stadium fact checker stated that Orlando City SC broke a four year attendance record during their playoff game against NYCFC today as they packed in the crowd during the peak COVID month of the year.

“We don’t know if we should be happy or sad,” stated ticket sales manager Henry Applebottom. “We didn’t expect this many people to come, in fact we told our ticket reps to tell people to stay home. We’re not sure if they actually did that.”

Sources indicate that the front office management spent the last four years imploring the ticket sales staff to work on filling the stadium as they continued to struggle on and off the field.

“It’s honestly possible that they just forgot to not sell tickets,” stated one team insider. “Look, there’s only so many times you can be told to sell everything you got, before you just do that even if they end up having a COVID outbreak.”

Our reporters spoke to some fans about the game and they remained defiant.

“I didn’t really care about COVID, to be honest. I just wanted to take off my shirt, drink some $12 Bud Light, yell some profanities, and watch some chaos,” said Orlando fan Albert Gaines. “It’ll be fine, I’ll just quarantine until I see my grandma over Thanksgiving.”

The Nutmeg News will really, hopefully not have more on this.