The Lions struggled yet again on a baseball field in an awful-looking road loss to NYCFC but clinched a playoff spot anyway.
Down 3-1 late, the Lions rallied with a trio of late goals to stun the Crew in a wild finish at Exploria Stadium.
Lions take four out of six points on the two-match road trip heading into the international break.
It was another ugly match against Charlotte as the Lions finish 0-2-1 in three games against the North Carolina side.
Facundo Torres opened the scoring and then broke a 1-1 tie late from the penalty spot as Orlando City beat the Western Conference leaders.
The Lions roared back from 1-0 down and became just the second team to beat the Fire at Soldier Field this season.
A tie score from halftime was broken by yet another soft penalty given to an Orlando opponent and the Lions are done with Leagues Cup.
Wilder Cartagena's stoppage-time goal snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the Lions into the Round of 32.
The Lions conceded a highly questionable penalty at the end of the first half, then battled back to equalize and won the postgame shootout.
Antonio Carlos and Duncan McGuire led the Lions to a comeback victory in Atlanta.
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