Orlando City vs. New England Revolution: Preview, How to Watch, TV Info, Live Stream, Lineups, Match Thread, and More

Welcome to your match preview and live thread for a Saturday night matchup between Orlando City (10-11-4, 34 points) and the New England Revolution (13-8-4, 43 points) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA (7:30 p.m., Apple TV). This is the second meeting between the two MLS Eastern Conference rivals this season, and the first of the two league matches in 2026. The Revs are scheduled to make the return trip to Orlando on Decision Day, Nov. 7.

Here’s what you need to know for the match.

History

The Lions are 6-7-8 in the regular-season series against New England and 8-8-8 in all competitions. On the road, Orlando City is just 2-6-2 against the Revs in the MLS regular season and 3-6-2 in all away matches.

The most recent meeting between the teams took place in U.S. Open Cup play on April 29 at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, RI, with Orlando City coming from behind three times and eventually winning 4-3. It barely counts as a game against the Revs, who rotated heavily and played a lot of prospects in the match, not even dressing several of the team’s top players. Malcolm Fry, Andrew Farrell, and Marcos Zambrano each gave New England the lead in the game, but the Lions fought back on strikes from Iago, Griffin Dorsey, and Justin Ellis. Zakaria Taifi scored the winner in stoppage time.

The two clubs’ last meeting in the regular season also took place in New England, but it was at Gillette Stadium, the Revs’ usual home. Martin Ojeda’s brace led the Lions to a 2-1 victory on July 19, 2025 — just the team’s second road win in the series. Thomas Chancalay scored for New England.

The first match between the sides last year was a wild 3-3 draw in Orlando on May 10. The Lions squandered two leads in that match, including a 2-0 advantage. Ojeda scored Orlando’s first hat trick since 2015 in that game, but those three goals were offset by strikes by Alhassan Yusuf, Matt Polster, and Carles Gil. One of Ojeda’s goals and Gil’s strike were penalties.

Prior to that, the teams met on Sept. 14, 2024, with the Lions completing their first-ever sweep of the Revs with a 3-0 win. Rafael Santos, Facundo Torres (from the penalty spot), and Duncan McGuire provided the offense in a dominant performance. The teams also met on July 13 at Gillette Stadium that year, where the Lions won for the first time, handing the Revs a 3-1 home loss. Torres’ brace led the way to an Orlando comeback, with Ramiro Enrique also scoring to overturn an early 1-0 deficit provided by Giacomo Vrioni.

The teams met in Orlando on Oct. 7, 2023, with the Lions winning 3-2 in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicates. Orlando City clinched second in the Eastern Conference as McGuire and Torres built a 2-0 lead. Pedro Gallese gave up a soft goal from distance to Gil, but Ivan Angulo pulled that one back three minutes later. Gil added a second goal deep in stoppage time to provide a cosmetic improvement to the result for the Revs.

New England got the better of the Lions in the previous matchup of the 2023 season, winning 3-1 at Gillette Stadium on June 17. After a scoreless first half, the Revs went up by two with goals from Emmanuel Boateng and Gustavo Bou 18 minutes apart. McGuire pulled one back late, but Gil scored the dagger five minutes later.

These teams met at Exploria Stadium on Aug. 6, 2022, and the previously struggling Revolution whipped Orlando City, 3-0. New England got goals from unlikely sources, as central midfielders Polster and Wilfrid Kaptoum and center back Henry Kessler provided the offense. The teams met at Gillette Stadium on June 15 of that year, and the Revs went ahead on a Gil goal, but the Lions pulled that back with a Robin Jansson strike en route to a 1-1 road draw.

New England went unbeaten in the 2021 season series. The teams played to a 2-2 draw at Exploria Stadium on Oct. 24, 2021. The Lions built a 2-0 lead through goals by Nani and Daryl Dike, but two late Adam Buksa goals allowed the Revs to steal a point. The teams met at Gillette Stadium just over a month prior to that draw in Orlando, with Nani’s missed penalty a costly one in a 2-1 Revs home win. The Revolution jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a goal by Buksa and an own goal off of Rodrigo Schlegel. Dike pulled one back for the Lions and later won a penalty, but Matt Turner read Nani’s attempt to go down the middle at the last second and got his shoulder to it to preserve the lead.

The Revolution ended the Lions’ season at Exploria Stadium in the 2020 playoffs, knocking Orlando City out of MLS Cup contention in the conference semifinal round on Nov. 29, 2020. That 3-1 win by the Revs was the first road win for either side in the series in any competition. Gil put the Revs up early from the penalty spot after a call against Uri Rosell, and Bou doubled the lead eight minutes later, finishing a play that started with a Nani turnover. Junior Urso pulled a goal back before the halftime whistle, but Mauricio Pereyra was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Polster at the hour mark. Still, Nani had a chance to equalize from the spot, but Turner saved his poor penalty. Bou added a late insurance goal.

In the final year of the pre-pandemic times, the Revs went 1-0-1 in the season series. The Lions and Revolution met at Exploria Stadium on Sept. 14, 2019, with Orlando overcoming a Tesho Akindele own goal and two deficits — the second by two goals — and rallying for a 3-3 draw. Shortly after Akindele’s own goal opened the scoring, Nani tied things up. Cristian Penilla and Bou scored goals five minutes apart just before halftime to seemingly give the visitors control. But Dom Dwyer pulled one back after the restart and Nani tied it up.

The teams also met at Gillette Stadium in 2019 on July 27, and the Revs put the Lions on full blast, 4-1. Bou scored within the first two minutes of the game, and the Revolution got goals from Penilla, Gil, and Diego Fagundez. Akindele scored to avoid the shutout.

The clubs met at Exploria Stadium in U.S. Open Cup action that year on June 19, with the Lions scoring twice in a 30-minute extra time session and holding on for a 2-1 victory. Benji Michel and Akindele staked Orlando to a 2-0 lead before Justin Rennicks pulled one back off a Gil back-post cross. City was able to see the game out.

The last meeting of 2018 saw the Revs top a depleted Orlando side, 2-0 in Gillette Stadium on Oct. 13. In the first matchup of 2018, the teams combined for six goals in a 3-3 draw at Orlando City Stadium on Aug. 4.

Orlando City and New England split the season series in 2017. City completed a 6-1 demolition of 10-man New England at home Sept. 27, 2017. New England won at Gillette Stadium that year by a 4-0 count.

The Lions went 1-0-2 in the series in 2016, winning 3-1 at home on July 31. The teams played a controversial 2-2 draw in Orlando on April 17, 2016. The second 2016 meeting reached the same final score on April 30 in New England.

The teams met twice in 2015, with Orlando City rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the final 17 minutes to draw 2-2 at the Citrus Bowl in April. The Sept. 5 rematch at Gillette Stadium didn’t go as well, with New England taking a 3-0 win. Fagundez, Agudelo and Chris Tierney scored for the Revolution.

Overview

Orlando City is coming off a 2-1 road loss in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals Wednesday at Columbus. The Lions fell behind early, equalized before the half, but conceded again moments after Antoine Griezmann sustained a knock, and Orlando never seriously challenged when the Frenchman left the game after the goal. With a first-choice squad used in the midweek, the Lions are on short rest and must either rotate or play the starters on artificial turf on the road with only a couple of days of recovery.

The Lions have won their last two games in New England, but those are exceptions to what has been the rule since they joined Major League Soccer. Orlando is just 3-7-2 away from home in league play and struggled in all three road matches it played in the U.S. Open Cup (two one-goal wins against lineups the Lions should have handled easily and the loss to the Crew). City has conceded 10 goals in its last four matches on the road in all competitions.

Making matters worse is Griezmann’s knock makes him questionable and the Designated Player is the hottest player in MLS, having scored in five consecutive matches.

The Revolution, on the other hand, are 8-2-2 at home in 2026 and are are coming off consecutive 2-1 road wins over the Chicago Fire and New York City FC. However, the Revs are 0-1-1 in their last two at Gillette Stadium after their hot start.

Orlando City will have to find Gil wherever he goes and keep him marked, otherwise it could be a big night for New England. The Spaniard leads MLS in key passes (69) and leads his club in goals (10), assists (8), and total goal contributions (18). Israeli forward Dor Turgeman, just 22 years old, has also been a weapon for the Revolution, scoring seven goals and adding five assists. Peyton Miller has chipped in five goals and four assists. Oh, and Lion killer Daniel Gazdag has joined the Revs recently, too.

The Lions will be without Braian Ojeda (foot) and Iago (suspension), while Griezmann (thigh) and Griffin Dorsey (back) are questionable. New England will be missing Leo Campana (lower body), Jack Harrison (quad), and Alhassan Yusuf (hamstring), while Luca Langoni (thigh) is questionable. 

Match Content

• Our Ben Miller spoke with Jake Catanese from The Blazing Musket to find out more about New England in our Intelligence Report.
• Our most recent PawedCast includes our key matchups and score predictions for the match.

Projected Lineups

Orlando City (4-4-2)

Goalkeeper: Maxime Crepeau.

Defenders: Bernardo Rhein, Robin Jansson, David Brekalo, Zakaria Taifi.

Midfielders: Ivan Angulo, Joran Gerbet, Eduard Atuesta, Justin Ellis.

Forwards: Martin Ojeda, Daryl Dike.

New England Revolution (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Matt Turner.

Defenders: Will Sands, Mamadou Fofana, Ethan Kohler, Ilay Feingold.

Defensive Midfielders: Brooklyn Raines, Jackson Yueill.

Attacking Midfielders: Peyton Miller, Carles Gil, Daniel Gazdag.

Forwards: Dor Turgeman.

Referees

REF: Sergii Boiko.
AR1: Lyes Arfa.
AR2: Mike Nickerson.
4TH: Brad Jensen.
VAR: David Barrie.
AVAR: Craig Lowry.

How to Watch

Match Time: 7:30 p.m.

Venue: Gillette Stadium — Foxborough, MA.

TV/Live Stream: Apple TV.

Radio: AM 810 FOX Sports Radio Orlando (English), Mega 97.1 FM (Spanish).

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Enjoy the match. Go City!