COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. ORLANDO CITY SC
MAPFRE STADIUM • Columbus, Ohio
July 23, 2016 • Week 20 • MLS Game #202
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE, TV27, TWCSC-OH, CW Columbus)
Two clubs in real need of points to start moves up the Eastern Conference table meet in a critical match when Columbus Crew SC play host to Orlando City SC on Saturday evening at Mapfre Stadium. Crew SC sit in ninth place, five points below the red line, their winless run now at seven games following a 1-1 draw with D.C. United at home last weekend. Orlando City is just a point behind sixth place, riding a four-game winless run as they continue their road swing, following a 2-2 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend.
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- Ola Kamara scored his ninth goal of the season – all over the last eight matches – but Crew SC saw their winless run extended to seven games in a second consecutive draw, a 1-1 result with D.C. United on Saturday evening at MAPFRE Stadium.
- Orlando City put an end to their three-game offensive shutout streak, but still saw their winless run stretched to four games in a 2-2 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday evening at BC Place.
- The teams met three times in Orlando City’s inaugural MLS season, each winning once at home. Crew SC won the lone match at MAPFRE Stadium, a 3-0 win April 18.
- OCSC won 5-2 in Orlando on Aug. 1 in the final meeting between the teams; they also reached a 2-2 draw there on May 30.
REFEREE: Drew Fischer. AR1 (bench): Jeremy Hanson; AR2 (opposite): Jason White; 4th: Nima Saghafi
MLS Career: 56 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 6; pens: 15
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: ORL: Cristian Higuita, Carlos Rivas, David Mateos
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: Tony Tchani, Wil Trapp … ORL: Servando Carrasco
DISABLED LIST: CLB: Matt Pacifici
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (3 meetings): Crew SC 1 win, 7 goals … Orlando City 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 1
AT COLUMBUS (1 meeting): Crew SC 1 win, 3 goals … Orlando City 0 wins, 0 goals … Ties 0
RETURN MATCH: 9/17: Orlando City SC vs. Columbus Crew SC, 7:30 p.m. ET
LAST YEAR [MLS]
4/18: CLB 3, ORL 0 (Higuain 32; Meram 55; Kamara 60)
5/30: ORL 2, CLB 2 (Kaka 17; Ribeiro 89 – Tchani 6; Kamara 61)
8/1: ORL 5, CLB 2 (Larin 18, 53; Ceren 38; Collin 77; Higuita 84 – Higuain 5; own goal 91+)
- The teams met three times in Orlando City’s inaugural MLS season, each winning once at home. Crew SC won the lone match at Mapfre Stadium, a 3-0 win April 18.
- OCSC won 5-2 in Orlando on Aug. 1 in the final meeting between the teams; they also reached a 2-2 draw there on May 30.
- The teams also met in the U.S. Open Cup, Orlando City taking a 2-0 win in a fifth-round tie June 30 at the Citrus Bowl.
- Coaches record: Gregg Berhalter vs. ORL: P3 W1 L1 T1 … Jason Kreis vs. CLB: P13 W4 L8 T1
