<p>ORLANDO, Fla. &mdash; American forward Daryl Dike will be returning to Major League Soccer’s Orlando City.</p>
<p>The team says Barnsley of England’s second tier League Championship declined to exercise its purchase option on the 20-year old.</p>
<p>Dike scored nine goals in 22 matches while on loan to Barnsley during the second half of the English season. Barnsley finished fifth, then lost on 2-1 aggregate in the semifinals of the playoff for promotion to the Premier League.</p>
<p>Orlando announced Barnsley’s decision on Tuesday. It said Dike will return to Orlando after the U.S. national team’s exhibition against Costa Rica on June 9. </p>
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