ORLANDO CITY SC vs. NEW YORK CITY FC
Camping World Stadium | Orlando, Florida
Sunday, August 28 | Week #25 | MLS Game #265
7 pm ET (FS1 in the US, MLS LIVE in Canada)
The expansion class of 2015 meets for a third time this season in a crucial contest for both teams’ playoff ambitions when Orlando City SC play host to New York City FC as part of Heineken Rivalry Week 2, on Sunday afternoon at Camping World Stadium before an FS1 audience. Orlando City come into the match sitting just a point below the red line, in seventh place in the East, their winless run now at four games following a second consecutive home loss in a 2-1 defeat by Toronto FC at midweek. NYCFC now sit in second place in the conference, now four consecutive games without defeat following their 1-0 win against the LA Galaxy last weekend at Yankee Stadium.
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- The teams are meeting for the third time this season. Kevin Molino netted the equalizer deep in second-half stoppage time to leave the teams in a 2-2 result May 29 at Yankee Stadium; Cyle Larin netted the game’s lone goal after seven minutes and Orlando City held out the rest of the way for a victory March 18 in The Bronx.
- The win in the first meeting by Orlando City is the only road win in the five all-time meetings between the expansion class of 2015. City has won once, with one draw, in the two meetings in Orlando; in the first meeting between a pair of expansion clubs to open their MLS histories, the teams reached a 1-1 draw there on March 8, 2015.
- While Orlando City have not won on the road since their first away match of the season – the 1-1 draw at NYCFC on March 18, a span now of 11 games – they have reached four consecutive road draws following their scoreless result at Colorado. The all-time MLS record is five consecutive away draws, set three times previously.
- David Villa scored his 16th goal of the season – putting him in a tie for the lead in the MLS Golden Boot standings – as NYCFC claimed a 1-0 win against the LA Galaxy on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. It extended the club’s undefeated run to four games; Villa has three goals in the last two matches.
REFEREE: Robert Sibiga. AR1 (bench): Eduardo Mariscal; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Geoff Gamble
MLS Career: 16 games; FC/gm: 23.4; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 5; pens: 3
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: ORL: David Mateos
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: ORL: Carlos Rivas, Seb Hines, Brek Shea
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Orlando City 2 wins, 9 goals … NYCFC 1 win, 9 goals … Ties 2
AT ORLANDO CITY (2 meetings): Orlando City 1 win, 3 goals … NYCFC 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 1
2016 (MLS):
3/18: NYC 0, ORL 1 (Larin 7)
5/29: NYC 2, ORL 2 (Brillant 42; Villa 66 – Baptista 72; Molino 94+)
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season. Kevin Molino netted the equalizer deep in second-half stoppage time to leave the teams in a 2-2 result May 29 at Yankee Stadium; Cyle Larin netted the game’s lone goal after seven minutes and Orlando City held out the rest of the way for a victory March 18 in The Bronx.
- The win in the first meeting by Orlando City is the only road win in the five all-time meetings between the expansion class of 2015. City has won once, with one draw, in the two meetings in Orlando; in the first meeting between a pair of expansion clubs to open their MLS histories, the teams reached a 1-1 draw there on March 8, 2015.
- Coaches record: Patrick Vieira vs. ORL: P2 W0 L1 T1 … Jason Kreis vs. NYC: first game
LAST MEETING (MLS):
- NYCFC took the lead late in the first half when Frederic Brillant scored from a close-range header on a corner kick, then doubled the lead in the 66th minute when Andrea Pirlo found David Villa with a pinpoint pass for a sublime finish.
- But the home side missed a golden chance to put the game away in the 70th when Villa slipped and skied a penalty kick attempt after a handball in the box from Orlando defender Seb Hines.
- Orlando City pulled a goal barely two minutes later, when Julio Baptista netted his first MLS goal from a feed by Kevin Molino.
- The visitors then hit for a stunning leveler in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Cyle Larin headed a cross back across the face of goal and Molino found the roof of the net with an impeccable header to grab a share of the points.
- NEW YORK CITY FC (4-1-2-3): Josh Saunders - Ethan White, Frederic Brillant, Jason Hernandez, R.J. Allen - Andoni Iraola - Mix Diskerud (Steven Mendoza 85), Andrea Pirlo - Khiry Shelton, David Villa, Thomas McNamara (Frank Lampard 77).
- ORLANDO CITY SC (4-2-3-1): Joseph Bendik - Kevin Alston, Tommy Redding, Seb Hines, Luke Boden (Carlos Rivas 70) - Harrison Heath, Servando Carrasco - Adrian Winter (Julio Baptista 59), Kevin Molino, Brek Shea - Cyle Larin.
