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Orlando City vs. Nashville SC: Final Score 5-1 as Lions’ Rotated Lineup Gets Blasted in Tennessee

Oscar Pareja rotated nearly the entire starting XI, and the result was not good in a bad road loss in Tennessee.

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A starting XI comprised largely of backups started for Orlando City on the road in Nashville, and it looked that way. Sam Surridge and Hany Mukhtar each scored twice in the first half for Nashville SC (15-8-5, 50 points) in a 5-1 Orlando City loss at Geodis Park, leaving Orlando (13-7-8, 47 points) no doubt over which team would be atop the other at the end of the night.

Both teams entered on 47 points, but the Lions were substandard in all phases of the game, and the heavily rotated lineup was a complete disaster. The Lions hit the goal frame twice in the match but were already down four goals when they happened. Luis Muriel scored late off the bench for Orlando to spoil the shutout, then got sent off moments later by referee Tim Ford. Nashville’s Jeisson Palacios finished the scoring in stoppage time, adding the fifth.

The loss snaps Orlando’s eight-match unbeaten run in all competitions and the team’s four-game MLS winning streak.

“It is a difficult night conceding that many goals knowing that we have been solid in the last period,” Orlando City Head Coach Oscar Pareja said after the match. “We have a bunch of things that we’re going to look close (at), just to remark in a positive way in a very difficult game against a very good rival. It is obviously my responsibility and I want to take this one, because the players were pushing and they players were giving us what we want.”

Pareja rotated his side heavily from the starting lineup Saturday night in Los Angeles that played Deportivo Toluca in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals. Pedro Gallese started in net behind a back line of Adrian Marin — making his MLS and Orlando City debut, Robin Jansson, Rodrigo Schlegel, and Kyle Smith. Cesar Araujo and Joran Gerbet started in central midfield between wingers Dagur Dan Thorhallsson and Nico Rodriguez, with Tyrese Spicer and Ramiro Enrique up top.

Without much (any?) depth at center back, the two players on the pitch who most needed replacing were Schlegel and Jansson, and there was no escape for them in one of

The makeshift Orlando City lineup conceded just a couple of seconds into the third minute. Thorhallsson tried to pick out a lone friendly face in a sea of defenders and didn’t hit his spot. Nashville easily cut out the pass and nodded it forward to ignite the counter. Mukhtar split the defense for Surridge, who easily slotted home on the first shot of the match to make it 1-0 in the third minute.

“They are effective on their counterattacks, or, as I say, when they’re landing in the box, they know each other pretty well,” Pareja said. “And then we conceded those spaces — something that we don’t usually give up, but today we were not sharp in that part. I did not want to blame our players. I thought, really, the structure on the pitch I could help much more than that.”

Orlando’s first look at goal came on the heels of a corner kick in the fifth minute. Nashville cut out the entry ball to Araujo. The Uruguayan tried a long-range effort but sent it high into the seats. Enrique blasted a shot from distance considerably closer to the bar, but still over it, in the eighth minute.

Nashville continued to get in behind the back line in the early going, failing to pull off a centering pass from Shaffelburg, before Andy Najar fired a ball off of his teammate and out of play in the 13th minute. Shaffelburg then was allowed to run free between Jansson and Marin in the 16th minute, take a pass, turn, and fire a shot. Gallese made himself big and blocked the shot at point-blank range with a huge save.

That only kept it 1-0 for the moment though, as the Lions’ back line made a complete mess of a long throw-in that bounced in the box. Mukhtar was the first to it and smashed it just under Gallese’s crossbar to make it 2-0 in the 17th minute.

Surridge nearly made it 3-0 in the 21st minute. Unattended in front of goal, the big striker sent a header crashing off the crossbar.

Two minutes later, Orlando finally created some danger in the match. Spicer received the ball on the left and fires a meaty shot toward the right post. Walker Zimmerman got a piece of it and came within inches of deflecting it into his own net. Instead, it fizzed just wide for a corner, but the Lions did nothing with it.

The poor defensive play continued in the 30th minute when Mukhtar was given far too much space just outside the area. The Nashville star blasted a shot that skipped just inches wide of the left post.

Orlando City moved Thorhallsson to right back, pushing Smith into the midfield to help slow down Mukhtar and Surridge, but it didn’t help much on the defensive end. At least in possession, the Lions finally got some possession on the right side with the Icelandic international able to get forward up the right flank to provide help to Rodriguez, who had become isolated over there.

Mukhtar basically put the game away in the 40th minute, taking a pass in the box from Shaffelburg and making it 3-0. Smith let one of the most dangerous attackers run in behind him, Jansson didn’t have any awareness of the danger, and the goal was far too easy.

If it wasn’t already over, Surridge made mincemeat of a passive Schlegel on a cross into the box and headed in to make it 4-0 three minutes later. The play began with a free kick that shouldn’t have been given, as Enrique had cleanly won the ball from behind just seconds after a foul should have been given Orlando’s way in the attacking third near the sideline when Thorhallsson was pulled back by his shirt.

The Lions finally put a shot on target in the first minute of first-half injury time when Enrique tested Joe Willis, who made the save, knocking it behind for a corner. The ensuing set piece found Enrique making a run into the box, but the Argentine’s free header smacked off the right post.

Thorhallsson found Smith making a late run into the box with a good cross on the last play of the half, but the veteran badly mishit his volley effort, sending it nowhere near goal. The whistle mercifully blew for halftime to prevent further first-half damage to an Orlando team that had been completely blown off the field and substandard in every measurable way.

At the break, Orlando City had the advantage in possession (58.7%-41.3%), corners (4-1), and passing accuracy (89.6%-87.6%). Nashville had the edge in shots (8-7), shots on target (5-1), and had already put the game on ice.

“We couldn’t find the net, especially in the first half, when we had three chances clear,” Pareja said. “And also Nashville too early scored on us and put the game away from us and made us feel that there was a bunch of spaces, and we couldn’t get that solidness.”

If the Lions thought Nashville would ease up in the second half, they got a rude awakening. The hosts came down the field quickly and Alex Muyl forced a Gallese save just seconds after the restart.

Four minutes later, Araujo turned the ball over by sending an off-line pass blindly to Nashville in his own half, igniting the counter. Mukhtar got past an attempted intervention from Jansson, who whiffed completely, and Smith gave the attacker a push from behind. Mukhtar went down and Smith only escaped a red card because Marin was covering from his left back spot, so it was only a yellow. Mukhtar then came within inches of his hat trick with a free kick that froze Gallese and went inches over the bar in the 52nd minute.

Spicer came within inches of spoiling the shutout in the 57th minute, cutting in on his right from the left side. Hitting a hard curler with his right foot, the winger found the right post on the far side on a shot that came within inches from being a goal-of-the-year candidate.

Pareja subbed on Alex Freeman, Marco Pasalic, and Eduard Atuesta for Smith, Rodriguez, and Araujo moments later.

Freeman added a little more threat on the right. The fullback picked out Marin near the top of the area in the 63rd minute. The Spaniard tried a shot on the bounce, but his first MLS attempt was well off target.

Muriel subbed on for Thorhallsson in the 74th minute and had an eventful seven-minute appearance. Two minutes after coming on, he spoiled Willis’ clean sheet. Muriel played Spicer down the left side. The winger got to the end line and squared it back into the middle, where it took a deflection off a defender and went to its intended target, Muriel. The Colombian finished calmly to make it 4-1 in the 76th minute.

“We were feeling better into the game, especially after Luis’ goal in the second half,” Marin said. “And then, obviously after he got the red card, we had to play a man down for the rest of the game. That, of course, changed the way that we had to play the rest of the game, but the adjustments we made we felt good about.”

Pasalic came close to making it 4-2 in the 81st minute. The Croatian stepped into a shot from long range that sent Willis diving toward his back post. The goalkeeper was able to fight it off to keep it 4-1.

Seconds later, Muriel’s night was over. The Lions won a throw-in on the left side and Ahmed Qasem wouldn’t give the ball to Muriel, who wanted to get on with it. Muriel swiped at the ball twice, and caught Qasem on the shoulder the second time. It was a foolish and unnecessary move, and one borne of frustration. The second swipe may have barely brushed Qasem’s face, and the midfielder went down as if he’d been punched in the eye by Mike Tyson in his prime. Ford, who was officiating his first game since a highly controversial decision in his last outing, went straight to his front pocket and brandished the red, putting the Lions down to 10 men. Muriel will miss Orlando’s next MLS game in September.

“I didn’t see that aggression that was remarked and I have to be honest, I need to see it again to see if they were right,” Pareja said. “Maybe they did (see) something that I did not see, but from my spot, and again, I have not reviewed right now, but from my spot, I didn’t see anything.”

Orlando was no threat to do further damage down three goals and a man, so much of the rest of the match consisted of Nashville taking set pieces and throw-ins in the attacking half. The hosts tacked on one more in the fourth stoppage minute off a short corner, played quickly into the box. Atuesta stayed deep, keeping Palacios onside while Jansson and Marin marked nobody in particular. Palacios sent his free header just inside the left post to cap the scoring.

Gallese saved the Lions further blushes two minutes later. Orlando had won a free kick in a good spot near the left corner of the penalty area. Pasalic took the set piece but sent his delivery far too low, hitting the defense and igniting the break. Nashville countered quickly, with Jonathan Perez firing from the left. Gallese did well to make the stop.

That was the last look of the match and Ford finally brought the massacre to an end.

Orlando finished with the advantage in possession (52.8%-47.2%), but all of the other meaningful metrics went Nashville’s way. The hosts had the edge in shots (15-12), shots on target (9-4), corners (5-4), and passing accuracy (90.1%-89.9%).

“The second half was much better, but still we didn’t find the net as often as we normally do,” Pareja said.

“It’s not the debut that I or anybody would have dreamed of because of the result,” Marin said. “But at the same time, I’m happy to be able to get minutes that I’ve been imagining and to officially be a part of this group of teammates and players that are exceptional, as much as people as they are professionals.”

The Lions have another quick turnaround with a Leagues Cup semifinal match against Inter Miami on Wednesday, followed by either the final or the third-place match on Sunday, Aug. 31. With the Aug. 30 match against Vancouver rescheduled for October, the next MLS game for Orlando City will be Sept. 13 at D.C. United.

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Lion Links: 8/10/26

Lions and Pride lose, Americans abroad, Latest MLS transfer roundup, and more.

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Hello, Mane Landers! I hope all is well with you down in Florida. I’ve been keeping myself busy at work and getting ready to cover high school sports again soon. Let’s wish a belated happy birthday to former Lion Alex Freeman, who turned 22 on Sunday, and a happy birthday to former Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja, who turns 58 today. We’ve got plenty to cover today, so let’s get to the links.

Lions Fall to Club Leon in Leagues Cup

Orlando City fell 2-1 to Club Leon at home in the second matchday of the 2026 Leagues Cup on Saturday. Marco Pasalic scored for the Lions in the first half as Orlando took a 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, Club Leon overturned the one-goal deficit, responding with goals from Juan Guevara and Daniel Arcila to take a 2-1 lead as the Liga MX side edged the Lions for the win. Orlando City will be back at home on Wednesday to face Atletico de San Luis to close out the first phase of Leagues Cup.

Pride Winless Skid Continues with Loss to Racing Louisville

The Orlando Pride fell 3-1 to Racing Louisville FC at home on Friday as the club continues to slide down the NWSL table and has lost back-to-back league matches. Louisville struck first to take a 1-0 lead into halftime. In the second half, Emma Sears scored twice to give Louisville a 3-0 lead. In stoppage time, Kerry Abello scored for the Pride to avoid the shutout, but Louisville secured its third win in its last four games. Meanwhile, Orlando has lost four out of its last five matches. The Pride will be on the road for their next match on Saturday, taking on the Portland Thorns.

Americans Abroad

Orlando City midfielder Colin Guske started and played a full 90 minutes for the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team against Mexico in the Concacaf U-20 Championships. The U.S. fell 2-0 to Mexico in the final on Sunday. Max Arfsten and Sebastian Berhalter made their debuts for Middlesbrough in Round 1 of the Carabao Cup against Wrexham on Friday. Berhalter notched an assist as Middlesbrough defeated Wrexham 1-0 to advance to the second round. Ricardo Pepi started and played 80 minutes for PSV Eindhoven in a 2-2 draw against Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie on Saturday. Austin Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers were both in action for Celtic in a 5-1 victory against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.

Latest MLS Transfer Roundup

The LA Galaxy have been busy making moves of late, signing former FC Barcelona and Como midfielder Sergi Roberto to a contract through June 2028 with an option for the 2028-2029 season. The Galaxy added winger Chucky Lozano from San Diego FC on loan through the end of the season and reached an agreement to transfer midfielder Edwin Cerrillo to Liga MX side Club America. Atlanta United has acquired midfielder Mauricio Amaro from Uruguayan top flight club Defensor Sporting. Amaro will be under contract through the 2028-2029 season with an option for 2029-2030. San Diego FC announced on Saturday that the club has transferred defender Andres Reyes to Atletico Nacional in Colombia.

Free Kicks

  • Orlando City forward Yutaro Tsukada, who is on loan at Rhode Island FC, scored his first goal in the USL Championship over the weekend.
  • Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga scored for Malawi, which defeated Ghana 2-1 on Sunday in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time.
  • Nigeria fell 1-0 to Cameroon in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, resulting in Cameroon qualifying for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Nigeria will face South Africa on Thursday in a play-in match to qualify for the FIFA inter-confederation playoffs.
  • Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho revealed in a documentary that he had signed a contract to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013, but later backed out of the deal and decided to return to Chelsea after his first stint at Real Madrid.

That will do it for me today, Mane Landers. Enjoy your Monday, and I’ll see you next time.

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Orlando City vs. Club Leon, Leagues Cup: Final Score 2-1 as Lions Blow Halftime Lead in Loss

Marco Pasalic gave the Lions a halftime lead, but the defense got leaky in the second half.

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Marco Pasalic put Orlando City ahead in the first half, but two second-half mistakes and what appeared to be a clear foul in the penalty area late on Club Leon led to the Lions falling 2-1 at home tonight on the second matchday of Leagues Cup. Juan Guevara and Daniel Arcila pulled Leon back from a goal down in the second half, and an Orlando City (1-1) side that didn’t rotate much from Wednesday’s game looked a bit leggy in the second half against Leon (2-0).

“I think, of course, very very sad for the result for us, for our people, for everyone,” Orlando City interim head coach Martin Perelman said after the match. “We were trying to compete in the best way as possible and trying to win, and we couldn’t. Congrats to them; they did a really good job. We were there, trying to to compete. At the end, we were short.”

Perelman’s lineup featured Maxime Crepeau in goal behind a back line of Bernardo Rhein, Robin Jansson, Iago, and Zakaria Taifi. Luis Otavio and Wilder Cartagena started in central midfielders with Ivan Angulo and Tyrese Spicer in the attack and Marco Pasalic and Antoine Griezmann up top.

The start of the game was bereft of action as the teams tried to figure one another out. The Lions nearly created something magical five minutes after kickoff when Pasalic sent in a great ball over the top for Griezmann, who brought it down, but it bounced a bit wide, and when he went to ground to try to shoot, the defender caught up and blocked the effort.

Neither team could do much with a corner kick opportunity over the next 15 minutes and much of the action was played between the boxes. Pasalic earned a free kick in a dangerous spot when he blew past Juan Guevara, who brought him down and picked up a yellow card. Griezmann took the free kick from just outside the area but his delivery hit the wall and came back to him. He got under his second effort and put it out of play.

The first real danger from Club Leon came on a ball over the top in the 28th minute. Crepeau came off his line but couldn’t get there before Arcila, who tried to chip the goalkeeper but he sent it wide left. Sebastian Santos got to it before it went over the end line and tried to shoot from a tight angle with Iago defending but he got under his shot and put it over the bar.

Just moments after the ensuing hydration break, Leon nearly scored on another ball over the top that was just out of Iago’s reach. Arcila got to it first and fired a shot that Crepeau saved. Fernando Beltran picked up the rebound and tried to chip the Canadian, but Crepeau was able to go up and catch the shot to keep the game scoreless.

Orlando tried a ball over the top for itself in the 36th minute. Spicer was first to it but as he swung his foot to shoot the bouncing ball, the defense arrived and bodied him, causing him to whiff on his effort. But the Lions scored anyway two minutes later.

Pasalic and Griezmann worked a nice give-and-go in the attacking half and the Frenchman sent Spicer down the left. Spicer fed Pasalic at the top of the area and the Croatian’s shot took a slight deflection and beat Oscar Garcia to make it 1-0.

“Happy to help in the first half with the goal,” Pasalic said.

After the goal, Leon showed more determination in keeping the ball and building up play. The guests couldn’t do much with a couple of corners over the next several minutes.

Leon created another chance in first-half stoppage time, when Iago was beaten and Jansson couldn’t quite get over in time to intervene. Arcila got there first and fired toward the near post but Crepeau knocked it out for a corner.

Griezmann headed away the ensuing set piece to end the first period.

The late spell of possession after Pasalic’s goal helped Leon lead in that category at the break (54.1%-45.9%). The Liga MX side also led in shots (8-6), shots on target (5-2), and corners (4-2). Orlando City passed slightly more accurately in the opening half (92.7%-91.8%)

Griffin Dorsey entered the game at halftime for Taifi, but it was Club Leon who brought the energy to the start of the second half. In the opening minutes, Crepeau was forced into two great saves. Rhein turned it over in his defensive third, and Arcila’s cheeky backheel of a cross in from the right forced the Canadian international to make a a diving stop. Leon sent the ball back in from the left to a wide-open Jordi Cortizo in front but sent it right at Crepeau for another save.

Orlando’s first chance of the second half came on a Griezmann corner kick. Dorsey headed it across the box and Iago made a flying attempt at a bicycle kick, but he missed the ball and committed a foul in the process.

Leon got back on the front foot after that, with Jansson doing well to block an Arcila shot at the top of the area in the 51st minute. Arcila then got to a cross and stabbed it wide a minute later, but the initial play was offside.

The visitors tied the game in the 54th minute off a long-range set piece near the left sideline. The cross appeared to go in off of Dorsey, who was trying to mark Juan Guevara. Crepeau got to it just after it crossed the line. Dorsey said something to Crepeau after the play, but Guevara was ultimately credited with the goal.

Orlando’s struggles throughout the game came in the attacking third, and it was magnified in the second half. One such play was a nice buildup in the 69th minute that ended up with Rhein on the left, but the youngster made a mess of his cross, sending it out of play. Two minutes later, substitute Justin Ellis headed a pass to Dorsey that he perhaps should have shot. Ellis got it to Dorsey, who didn’t make good contact and sent a weak shot for Garcia to collect.

It was a costly missed opportunity, as Leon scored the winning goal a minute later. Rhein got caught too far upfield after heading the ball forward, and Leon broke in transition down the right side in behind him. Ivan Moreno found Arcila at the top of the area and the striker found space in front of Iago and sent an inch-perfect shot inside the left post to make it 2-1 in the 72nd minute.

Perelman sent Daryl Dike into the game as Orlando chased the match, and the Lions should have gone to the spot in the 84th minute. Ellis sent a fantastic ball to send Harvey Sarajian into the area on the right. Guevara caught up from behind, threw an arm across the rookie forward’s face, and bundled him over from behind, but referee Jose Camacho Espinoza incredibly saw nothing wrong with what the Leon defender did. There did not even seem to be a stoppage for video review, although media were informed that the play was checked.

“Ellis played the ball through. I’m through. I felt contact to the back, and in my opinion, I thought it was a foul,” Sarajian said. “But the referee didn’t agree. So it is what it is. I felt the contact (to the head and neck area).”

“I saw it,” Perelman said of the play. “I think the same thing as (the media).”

Leon was content to put numbers behind the ball and use the dark arts as much as possible to slow things down. The Lions won a lot of set pieces but could not pay them off. Crepeau came up to join the last few, but in the end, the Lions couldn’t find a way through the mass of Leon defenders down the stretch.

With Leon ceding possession and staying compact late, Orlando City finished with more possession (51.7%-48.3%), while also having the advantage in corners (7-5) and passing accuracy (90%-88.2%). Leon attempted far more shots (18-10) and put more on target (10-3). It was the inability to threaten goal that ultimately prevented Orlando from building on its lead or clawing back into the match.

Pasalic spoke to the referee after the game. He had been taken out in the middle of the pitch in first-half stoppage time that not only didn’t earn Leon a yellow card, but it wasn’t even deemed a foul. He came out to try to play through it in the second half, but the earlier contact forced him off before the hour mark and appeared to be one of the more egregious fouls in the match, despite the no-call.

“Suddenly, I get the hit in my knee, so my knee was getting a lump,” Pasalic said. “And I spoke with them in the halftime. I tried it to go out in the second half, but I felt that my knee is not going to help the team. It’s nothing serious, but I just want to be sure that the team has 10 players on the pitch who can play fully. I mean, I don’t want to get fined. No, just I want to speak in a respectful way about (the referee). For me, it’s unacceptable that he don’t give even the foul when I get fouled, and because of this, I was not able to play again in the second half, fully. This was not even a yellow card.”

The Lions will close out the first phase of Leagues Cup Wednesday at home against Atletico de San Luis.

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Orlando City vs. Club León, Leagues Cup: Preview, How to Watch, TV Info, Live Stream, Lineups, Match Thread, and More

The Lions look to keep pace with the other MLS sides that won in the first round when León visits Orlando tonight.

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Welcome to your match preview and live thread for a Saturday night Leagues Cup matchup between Orlando City (1-0) and Liga MX side Club León (1-0) at the building formerly known as Orlando City Stadium (6:30 p.m., Apple TV). Tonight’s meeting is the first between these two sides.

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the match.

History

As this is the first-ever clash between these two clubs, there is no history between them. Orlando City is 4-2-7 in competitive matches against Liga MX teams.

Match Overview

Orlando City is coming off Wednesday’s 2-1 win over CF Monterrey in its 2026 Leagues Cup opener. Antoine Griezmann and Tyrese Spicer (penalty) scored on either side of halftime, but Hugo Cuypers pulled one back deep in stoppage time, which could be a problem for the Lions in the tiebreakers if they can find success tonight and Wednesday.

León enters tonight off a 1-0 win against a heavily rotated Nashville SC side that played without Hany Mukhtar and didn’t have Sam Surridge in the match until after the hour mark. Daniel Arcila scored in the 79th minute as León snatched a late win in the competition. León is the competition’s No. 28-ranked team (Orlando is No. 19) and is 14th in the Liga MX table after three rounds, with a 1-2-0 record. Los Panzas Verdes have won two straight in all competitions, however, having beaten Nashville a few days ago on the heels of Saturday’s 1-0 home win over 10-man Pachuca. León lost its first two league matches of the season — 3-2 at home to Atlas and 1-0 at Club Tijuana.

Orlando must stay focused defensively for the entirety of the game, as with any Liga MX side, and the priorities should be taking care of the ball while being quick to transition back defensively if the attack turns it over. If the Lions can keep scoring goals at home as they have, that would help.

“We did the recovery process in this short window between one game and the other, and getting ready the team to be able to perform and win, because this is what we want every time we jump on the field, especially at home,” Orlando City interim head coach Martin Perelman said ahead of the match. “We enjoyed the victory (Wednesday) but it’s over and now we need to think on the next game and this is the mode we’re in now.”

Official Lineups:

Orlando City (4-4-2)

Goalkeeper: Maxime Crepeau.

Defenders: Bernardo Rhein, Robin Jansson, Iago, Zakaria Taifi.

Midfielders: Ivan Angulo, Luis Otavio, Wilder Cartagena, Tyrese Spicer.

Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Marco Pasalic.

Bench: Javier Otero, Tristan Himes, Adrian Marin, Griffin Dorsey, David Brekalo, Joran Gerbet, Issah Haruna, Gustavo Caraballo, Tiago, Harvey Sarajian, Justin Ellis, Daryl Dike.

León (4-1-4-1)

Goalkeeper: Oscar Garcia.

Defenders: Sebastian Vegas, Juan Guevara, Jhohan Romana, Ivan Moreno .

Defensive Midfielder: Ivan Rodriguez.

Midfielders: Sebastian Santos, Rodrigo Echeverria, Fernando Beltran, Jordi Cortizo.

Forward: Daniel Arcila.

Bench: Irving Martinez, Julio Gonzalez, Bryan Colula, Juan Dominguez, Sebastian Fierro, Jose Alvarado, Paul Bellon, Salvador Reyes, Luis Valadez, Christopher Mora, Gael Camarena, Jesus Lara.

Referees:

REF: Jose Camacho Espinoza..
AR1: Jeriel Valverde Diaz.
AR2: David Moran Santos.
4TH: Hector Said Martinez.
VAR: Yasith Monge.

How to Watch

Match Time: 6:30 p.m.

Venue: Inter.co Stadium — Orlando.

TV/Live Stream: Apple TV.

Radio: None.

Social Media: For rapid reaction and live updates, follow us on Bluesky Social at @themaneland.bsky.social or follow Orlando City’s official Twitter (@OrlandoCitySC) or Bluesky (@OrlandoCitySC) feed.

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