Orlando City vs. Toronto FC: How to Watch, TV Listings, Live Stream, Open Thread and More

This is your open thread for tonight’s showdown between Orlando City and Eastern Conference opponents, Toronto FC. The Lions (2-3-2, 8 points) are coming off a 3-0 loss at Columbus last Saturday night and are still looking for their first home MLS win after starting the season 0-2-1 with two stoppage-time losses in the last two matches in the Citrus Bowl.

Toronto FC (1-4-0, 3 points) has played all five of its games on the road while the club's home stadium is renovated. The Reds opened the season with a big 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps but have dropped four straight since, including a 3-2 defeat at FC Dallas last Saturday. Sebastian Giovinco nearly brought Toronto back into that match but ran out of time.

Orlando City has started the same lineup two weeks in a row. Will Adrian Heath make it three straight with the 4-3-3 or does he go back to his 4-2-3-1 with Carlos Rivas getting a starting nod? One area to keep an eye on tonight is central defense. With Sean St. Ledger taking a knock last week and youngsters Conor Donovan and Tommy Redding off on international duty, the Lions are thin at that spot.

Rafael Ramos will miss tonight’s match with a red card suspension, likely being replaced by Tyler Turner. Also, Amobi Okugo is in yellow card suspension jeopardy. He is currently sitting on four yellows but could have one rescinded if he completes the next three matches without drawing another.

Here's all the content you need to prepare for tonight's match:

• Andrew Marcinko and Scott Crumbly teamed up to write our match preview.
• James Grossi from Waking the Red told us about Toronto FC in our Intelligence Report.
• This week's PawedCast features Waking the Red's Mitchell Tierney on our visitors.

Hopefully Orlando City can get that first home W tonight at the Citrus Bowl. If not, the next opportunity won’t be until May 8 against the New England Revolution.

Official Lineups:

I'm torn here, because it could be the return of the 4-2-3-1, but I'm going to stick with this for now. We'll post the official lineups as soon as they are announced.

Orlando City (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Donovan Ricketts

Defense: Brek Shea, Seb Hines, Aurelien Collin, Tyler Turner

Midfielders: Darwin Ceren, Amobi Okugo

Attacking Midfielders: Eric Avila, Kaká (C), Kevin Molino

Forwards: Cyle Larin

Bench: Earl Edwards Jr., Luke Boden, Harrison Heath, Carlos Rivas, Cristian Higuita, Bryan Rochez, Danny Mwanga

Toronto FC (4-4-2 diamond)

Goalkeeper: Joe Bendik

Defense: Ashtone Morgan, Damien Perquis, Nick Hagglund, Justin Morrow

Midfielders: Benoit Cheyrou, Michael Bradley, Sebastian Giovinco, Jackson

Forwards: Jozy Altidore, Robbie Findley

Bench: Chris Konopka, Eriq Zavaleta, Collen Warner, Jonathan Osorio, Daniel Lovitz, Luke Moore, Warren Creavalle

How to Watch:

Match time: 7 p.m. (ET)

Venue: Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL

TV: FOX Sports 1, FOX Deportes, TSN, RDS

Radio: 104.1 FM Real Radio (English), La Grande 1030 AM (Spanish)

Streaming: MLS Live

Twitter: For rapid reaction and live updates, follow along at @TheManeLand, as well as Orlando City’s official Twitter feed (@OrlandoCitySC).

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