Orlando City vs. Minnesota United FC: How to Watch, TV Info, Live Stream, Lineups, Match Thread, and More

Welcome to your match thread for tonight's match-up between Orlando City (6-4-2, 20 points) and Minnesota United (3-7-2, 11 points) at TFC Bank Stadium. It’s the first ever meeting between the two sides and the only scheduled match-up between these cross-conference teams this season.

The Lions are just 1-3-1 on the road, while the Loons are 3-3-0 in their home stadium. Orlando City got off to a hot start in 2017 but is winless in its last five (0-3-2), while Minnesota United has lost two straight and three of the last four.

Adrian Heath will face his old team for the first time, but he has an MLS rule change to thank for that. Inchy stepped onto the pitch last weekend — an offense for which he was fined in 2015 and suspended in 2016. Under new rules, his first offense this year is a warning. Original Lion Kevin Molino will also suit up for the opposition. Hopefully force of habit will see him passing the ball to the guys with the lion patches on their shirts.

As far as the injured list, Kevin Alston (hamstring) is nearing a return. Tommy Redding is with the U.S. U-20s for the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the next few weeks. For Minnesota, Abu Danladi (adductor), Bernardo Anor (lower leg), Thomas de Villardi (Achilles), and Rasmus Schuller (thigh) are listed as out.

Here's your mandatory match content for tonight:

• Gavin Ewbank has your match preview and prediction.
• Our Intelligence Report gives us more about the Loons from Garrett Denney from SB Nation’s Minnesota United blog, E Pluribus Loonum.
• This week's PawedCast includes our key match-ups and more predictions, plus we grill Nate Siems from E Pluribus Loonum.

Official Lineups:

Interesting developments:

Orlando City (4-4-2)

Goalkeeper: Joe Bendik.

Defenders: PC, Jonathan Spector, Jose Aja, Scott Sutter.

Midfielders: Luis Gil, Antonio Nocerino, Will Johnson, Matias Perez Garcia.

Forwards: Carlos Rivas, Cyle Larin.

Bench: Josh Saunders, Donny Toia, Leo Pereira, Servando Carrasco, Cristian Higuita, Giles Barnes, Hadji Barry.

Minnesota United FC (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Bobby Shuttleworth.

Defenders: Jérôme Thiesson, Brent Kallman, Francisco Calvo, Marc Burch.

Defensive Midfielders: Ibson, Sam Cronin.

Attacking Midfielders: Johan Venegas, Ismaila Jome, Miguel Ibarra.

Forwards: Christian Ramirez.

Bench: John Alvbage, Jermaine Taylor, Justin Davis, Collen Warner, Collin Martin, Kevin Venegas, Joseph Greenspan.

Referees

Ref: Nima Saghafi.

AR1: Kevin Klinger.

AR2: Felisha Mariscal.

4th: Juan Guzman.

How to Watch

Match Time: 8 p.m. ET.

Venue: TFC Bank Stadium — Minneapolis, MN.

TV: TV27.

Radio: 104.1 FM Real Radio (English), La Nueva 990 (Spanish), SiriusXM FC.

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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