ORLANDO CITY SC vs VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla.
March 21, 2015 (Week 3, MLS Game #22)
7:30 p.m. ET (TSN1; My65/FS-Fla)
Returning home off a famous victory, Orlando City SC will play host to Vancouver Whitecaps FC when the clubs meet in an inter-conference matchup Saturday evening at the Orlando Citrus Bowl. Orlando City won for the first time in their MLS history last weekend, claiming a 1-0 win at the Houston Dynamo in their second league match. Whitecaps FC took their first victory of the season last weekend, starting their road swing with a 1-0 win at the Chicago Fire.
- Orlando City SC sit atop the Eastern Conference along with fellow expansion club NYCFC after their first victory in MLS, a 1-0 win at the Houston Dynamo on Friday evening where the only goal came via an own goal.
- Octavio Rivero netted his second goal in as many games in his first two MLS contests, giving Vancouver Whitecaps FC a 1-0 victory at the Chicago Fire on Saturday afternoon.
- David Ousted recorded his first shutout of the season in the Whitecaps FC victory at Chicago; he led MLS in 2014 with 13 clean sheets.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira
MLS Career: 110 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 36; pens: 28
SUSPENDED: none
DISABLED LIST: ORL: Martin Paterson
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME: First meeting.
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- Coaches record: Carl Robinson vs. ORL: first game … Adrian Heath vs. VAN: first game
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