Daryl Dike and Benji Michel bagged braces to lead Orlando to its largest shutout victory in the MLS era.
The Lions saw their early 2-0 lead evaporate but the Bear came to the rescue.
Orlando City nearly pulled off a late comeback but simply didn’t play well enough.
Lions are unbeaten in six to start the season after Tesho Akindele’s goal buried Toronto FC.
It’s another shutout for Pedro Gallese as the Lions win in D.C. for only the second time ever and the first time at Audi Field.
Tesho Akindele, Nani, and Junior Urso gave the Lions more than enough offense for a dub and El Pulpo kept a clean sheet.
The Lions had two goals called back before finally netting Nani’s equalizer.
Lions generated some good chances on opening day, but just couldn’t get the last touch quite right.
Junior Urso, Alexandre Pato, and Silverster van der Water provided the offense in Orlando’s final tune-up for the 2021 season.
Orlando City came back twice to equalize 2-2 against the Chicago Fire, while the Pride dropped a 2-1 scrimmage to Florida State.
Really big deal about Cucho leaving Columbus. I have no idea what their plans to replace him are. The Athletic…