2019 Orlando City SC season

The 2019 Orlando City SC season was the club's ninth season of existence in Orlando and fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight league in the United States soccer league system. Alongside Major League Soccer, the club also competed in the U.S. Open Cup, reaching the semi-finals for the first time.

Orlando City

2019 season
CEO	Alex Leitão
Manager	James O'Connor
Stadium	Exploria Stadium
MLS:	Conference: 11th Overall: 22nd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Nani (12) All: Nani (12)
Highest home attendance	MLS: 25,527 (March 2 vs. NYCFC)
Lowest home attendance	MLS: 22,341 (May 19 vs. FC Cincinnati) All: 5,556 (June 19 vs. New England Revolution, USOC)
Average home league attendance	22,761
Biggest win	ORL 5–1 CIN (May 19)
Biggest defeat	NE 4–1 ORL (July 27) SJ 3–0 ORL (Aug. 31) ORL 2–5 CHI (Oct. 6)
Home colors Away colors

Season review

Pre-season

During the offseason, Orlando City parted ways with General Manager Niki Budalić who had been at the club since January 2016 and held the role of GM for two years.[1] He was replaced in the role by FC Dallas vice president of soccer operations Luiz Muzzi.[2] The day after Budalić departed, the club announced that a total of nine players were out of contract, most notably captain Jonathon Spector marking the second consecutive season the team's captain had left following Kaká's retirement a year earlier.[3]

The club undertook its second major roster rebuild in as many years during James O'Connor's first winter transfer window in Orlando. By the end of December the team had already sold Amro Tarek, Mohamed El Monir and Yoshimar Yotún who had all featured in major roles in 2018 while bringing in two of O'Connor's former Louisville City players Greg Ranjitsingh and Kyle Smith from USL,[4] as well as Ecuador international Jhegson Méndez.

Benji Michel was signed to a Homegrown deal, becoming the club's fifth homegrown player; the first to be born in Orlando and come up through the Development Academy.[5] The team also tried to sign Santiago Patiño to a Homegrown contract but the move was controversially blocked by MLS. Luiz Muzzi continued to argue the case throughout the Combine and events leading up to the SuperDraft stating "We feel like the league did us wrong on this one." Orlando eventually decided to draft him with their #3 overall pick with O'Connor describing the selection as "a message to all our other homegrowns."[6]

Orlando announced six preseason matches for 2019 including the inaugural iteration of the OC Invitational, a preseason friendly tournament that would feature New York City FC, New England Revolution and Minnesota United with each team facing two of the other three participants. It marked only the second time that the club would play preseason games open to the public following a friendly against Bahia in February 2016.[7] The Lions lifted the OC Invitational trophy after winning both of their games against New York City FC and New England Revolution. Minnesota United would finish on the same record but with worse goal difference.[8]

On February 18, Orlando unveiled Portuguese international winger Nani as a Designated Player, joining on a free transfer from Sporting CP.[9]

March

Orlando's fifth MLS campaign began at home to New York City FC on March 2, marking the third time the two 2015 expansion teams faced each other on opening weekend. The game finished 2–2 after the Lions trailed 2–0 at the break thanks to goals by Mueller and debutant Akindele. The result meant Orlando remained unbeaten on matchday one since joining MLS.[10] The following week Orlando traveled to Chicago for their first road game of the season. The game ended 1–1 when C.J. Sapong equalized for 10-man Fire in the final minute.[11] It marked the first time since April 29, 2018 that Orlando had earned any points away from home. The first defeat of the season came in week three as Orlando lost 3–1 to Montreal Impact at home. Ignacio Piatti scored a brace to take his all-time individual total against the Lions to 10 goals in 10 games, the most of any single player against Orlando in MLS while Orlando City goalkeeper Brian Rowe was forced into a career-high eight saves.[12] The following week, Orlando went to reigning Supporters' Shield winners New York Red Bulls and got their first win of the season. Former Red Bulls captain Sacha Kljestan scored the only goal of the game as the Lions got their first road win since April 29, 2018, the first of James O'Connor's reign, and also kept their first clean sheet on the road since April 13, 2018.[13] The month ended with a 2–1 defeat to D.C. United. The result followed a series of controversial calls on the Rooney goal including a phantom foul, incorrect ball placement and impeding of the Orlando goalkeeper, none of which were called or looked at by VAR and led to a post-match tirade by O'Connor who slammed the officiating.[14][15]

April

On April 6, Orlando earned their first home win of the season. Designated player Nani scored his first goals for the club including an 89th-minute penalty to secure a 4–3 win over Colorado Rapids following a lengthy lightning delay at half-time.[16] Orlando's first away loss of the season was on April 13 when they fell 2–1 to Real Salt Lake. It was the first time in the teams' five meetings that RSL had won.[17] In their next game, Orlando earned their first ever victory over Vancouver Whitecaps with Nani deflecting in a late 88th-minute winner.[18] Orlando's final game in April was the reverse fixture of the season opener against NYCFC, ending in another draw like the first meeting. Nani scored in his fourth consecutive game to equal Dom Dwyer's club record goal streak set in April 2018.[19]

May

On May 2, MLS officially announced Atlético Madrid as the opposition for the 2019 MLS All-Star Game set to be hosted by Orlando City SC at Orlando City Stadium on July 31.[20] On May 4, the team were held scoreless for the first time on the year in a 2–0 home defeat to Toronto FC.[21] They had their second consecutive shutout loss a week later against Atlanta.[22] On May 19, Orlando played new expansion side FC Cincinnati for the first time, beating them 5–1. It was the first time since May 6, 2018 that Orlando had won a game by more than one goal.[23] The team ended with a frustrating 1–0 defeat to LA Galaxy having out-shot the visitors 19–4.[24] On May 29, the team announced plans to move all of Orlando City's development pyramid to one single site, creating a new 20-acre state-of-the-art training complex at Osceola Heritage Park to house the senior team as well as OCB and the Development Academy.[25]

June

On June 1, Orlando opened the month with a 3–0 victory away to Montreal Impact, the team's first road win by multiple goals since April 13, 2018 when the Lions earned a 2–0 win over Philadelphia Union.[26] On June 4, Orlando City held a press conference to announce the sale of the stadium's naming rights to Florida-based time share and vacation rental company Exploria Resorts. As a result, the stadium was renamed Exploria Stadium.[27] On June 12, the team won their opening U.S. Open Cup game of the year 3–1 over USL Championship side Memphis 901, to progress to the Round of 16. The game was notable for Robin Jansson's first goal as a Lion.[28] The following week, Orlando booked their place in the quarter-finals with a 2–1 victory after extra-time over fellow MLS side New England Revolution.[29] On June 26, Orlando played their first league game since June 1 following two Open Cup matches. They lost 1–0 to D.C. United after Wayne Rooney scored from within his own half.[30] The team's final game of June was away to Columbus Crew, a 2–0 victory to give the team their first winning record in June since their inaugural season in MLS.[31]

July

July opened with back to back games against Philadelphia Union home and away. On July 3, Orlando lost 3–1 at home with Jansson and Kljestan both receiving red cards during the game.[32] The away match was originally scheduled for July 6 but a pre-match adverse weather delay due to lightning storms turned into a full postponement with MLS rescheduling the game for the next day - a decision that was not received well by Orlando City as it not only impacted the team's U.S. Open Cup quarter-final preparations but there were also three major international tournament finals on that day: Women's World Cup, Copa América and Gold Cup.[33] Orlando would go on to draw the game 2–2, conceding a late equalizer to Kacper Przybyłko who had scored twice against the Lions earlier in the week.[34] Following the game, an issue with the rescheduled travel arrangements meant the squad ended up stuck in Philadelphia for an additional second day.[35] On July 10, Orlando City progressed to their first ever U.S. Open Cup semi-final, beating New York City FC on penalties after a 1–1 draw with Maxi Moralez scoring a 90+6-minute equalizer to send the game into extra-time. Adam Grinwis made two saves in the shoot-out.[36] The game received viral media coverage for what became known as "The Running of The Wall."[37] When NYCFC won the coin toss and elected to kick the penalties in front of an empty South Stand, the opposite side of the stadium to The Wall where the Orlando City supporters were housed, the Orlando fans took it upon themselves to run en masse down the length of the concourse and fill up the stand directly behind the goal the penalties were being taken.[38][39][40] Three days later, Orlando hosted Columbus Crew in the league, winning 1–0 courtesy of late Benji Michel goal, his first in MLS.[41] However, the team ended July with a run of three games without a win, taking a point on the road in a 1–1 draw to Portland Timbers[42] before defeats to New York Red Bulls[43] and New England Revolution.[44]

Orlando hosted 2019 MLS All-Star week at the end of July. On July 29, Orlando City's eMLS professional FIFA player FIFA Abe, alongside guest player AnthFifa, won the eMLS All-Star Challenge that also featured Landon Donovan and Diego Forlán. The victory earned $5,000 for the Orlando City foundation.[45][46] On July 30, MLS debuted a new skills challenge event, pitting three teams composed of All-Stars (Wayne Rooney, Jonathan dos Santos and Carlos Vela), Atlético Madrid players (Koke, Héctor Herrera and João Félix) as well as players from Orlando City (Nani, Sebas Méndez and Chris Mueller) against each other in a series of games created by F2Freestylers.[47] The event, held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, was won by the Orlando City team after Nani hit the crossbar with the last kick of the competition, winning an additional $25,000 for the Orlando City Foundation.[48] Nani was Orlando City's sole representative in the All-Star Game, coached by James O'Connor and won 3–0 by Atlético,[49] while Benji Michel and Mason Stajduhar both featured in the 2019 MLS Homegrown Game.[50]

August

Orlando went on their longest unbeaten run in the league during August, avoiding defeat in four games. On August 3, Orlando returned to MLS action to record the team's first ever win over FC Dallas. Former Dallas player Tesho Akindele opened the scoring in his first appearance against the team following a move in the offseason before Carlos Ascues scored his first goal as a Lion since joining in 2018.[51] On August 10, the team earned a 1–1 draw against Toronto FC[52] before returning to Orlando for a midweek game against Sporting Kansas City, winning 1–0.[53] On August 17, Orlando visited Allianz Field for the first time to play Minnesota United, coached by former Orlando head coach Adrian Heath. Minnesota scored a stoppage time equalizer in the 1–1 draw after a Nani penalty had put Orlando ahead. At the end of the gameweek, Orlando had moved back up to eight place in the conference.[54] However, two shutout losses to Atlanta United and San Jose Earthquakes to end August saw the team drop back down to ninth.[55][56]

September

On September 7, Orlando City hosted Los Angeles FC who remained 11 points clear at the top of the Supporters' Shield standings, earning a point in a 2–2 draw despite again leading late in the second half.[57] On September 14, with only four games left in the season, Orlando faced playoff rivals New England Revolution who were four points ahead of Orlando and occupying the final playoff spot heading into the game. Despite trailing 3–1 at halftime, Orlando fought back to score two unanswered goals and earn a 3–3 draw. Nani was involved in every goal, scoring twice and registering one assist to set a new team record in single-season goal involvements with 21. However, a win for Chicago Fire pushed Orlando down to tenth while they still remained four points behind New England.[58][59] On September 21, Orlando traveled to face Houston Dynamo. Having taken the lead through a sixth minute Dwyer goal, their earliest goal of the season, Orlando had the potential to move back up the eighth and back within two points of the playoffs were they to hold on to the lead as both New England and Chicago had tied in their earlier matches. However, two unanswered second half goals for Houston meant Orlando lost 2–1, keeping them in tenth.[60] On September 29, Orlando's final away game of the season and the team's first trip to FC Cincinnati, ended in a 1–1 draw. The result, coupled with New England's victory over NYCFC, officially eliminated the team from playoff contention with one regular season game left.[61] Benji Michel's goal was the 75th goal FC Cincinnati had conceded in 2019. It broke the MLS record for most goals conceded in a single season set the previous year by Orlando City.[62]

October

Orlando City had the opportunity to leapfrog Chicago Fire on the final day of the season but lost 5–2 to Chicago at home, keeping the team 11th in the Eastern Conference, 22nd in the Supporters' Shield standings and taking their winless streak to eight to end the season.[63] The following day the club announced they had parted ways with James O'Connor.[64]

Roster

Last updated on July 30, 2019[65]

No.	Nationality	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
18		Greg Ranjitsingh	GK	July 18, 1993 (aged 25)	Louisville City	INT
23		Brian Rowe	GK	November 16, 1988 (aged 30)	Vancouver Whitecaps	–
99		Adam Grinwis	GK	April 21, 1992 (aged 26)	Saint Louis FC	–
Defenders
2		Ruan	RB	May 29, 1995 (aged 23)	Barra da Tijuca	Loan in, INT
3		Alex DeJohn	CB	May 10, 1991 (aged 27)	Dalkurd FF	–
6		Robin Jansson	CB	November 15, 1991 (aged 27)	AIK	INT
12		Shane O’Neill	CB	September 2, 1993 (aged 25)	Excelsior	HGP
22		Lamine Sané	CB	March 22, 1987 (aged 31)	Werder Bremen	INT
24		Kyle Smith	RB	January 9, 1992 (aged 27)	Louisville City	–
25		Danilo Acosta	LB	November 17, 1997 (aged 21)	Real Salt Lake	Loan in, HGP
26		Carlos Ascues	CB / DM	June 19, 1992 (aged 26)	Alianza Lima	Loan in, INT
27		Kamal Miller	CB	May 16, 1997 (aged 21)	Syracuse Orange	–
44		João Moutinho	LB	January 12, 1998 (aged 21)	Los Angeles FC	GA
Midfielders
4		Will Johnson	MF	January 21, 1987 (aged 32)	Toronto FC	–
5		Dillon Powers	MF	February 14, 1991 (aged 28)	Colorado Rapids	–
7		Cristian Higuita	MF	January 14, 1994 (aged 25)	Deportivo Cali	–
8		Jhegson "Sebas" Méndez	MF	April 26, 1997 (aged 21)	Independiente del Valle	INT
16		Sacha Kljestan	CAM	September 9, 1985 (aged 33)	New York Red Bulls	–
20		Oriol "Uri" Rosell	MF	July 7, 1992 (aged 26)	Sporting CP	–
33		Mauricio Pereyra	CAM	March 15, 1990 (aged 28)	FC Krasnodar	DP, INT
95		Robinho	MF	January 19, 1995 (aged 24)	Columbus Crew	INT
Forwards
9		Chris Mueller	MF/FW	August 29, 1996 (aged 22)	Wisconsin Badgers	–
13		Tesho Akindele	FW	March 31, 1992 (aged 26)	FC Dallas	–
14		Dom Dwyer	FW	July 30, 1990 (aged 28)	Sporting KC	DP
17		Nani (C)	FW	November 17, 1986 (aged 32)	Sporting CP	DP, INT
19		Benji Michel	FW	October 23, 1997 (aged 21)	Portland Pilots	HGP
29		Santiago Patiño	FW	March 10, 1997 (aged 21)	FIU Panthers	–

Staff

Executive
Majority owner and chairman	Flávio Augusto da Silva
Minor owner/Life president	Phil Rawlins
Owner	John Bonner
Chief executive officer	Alex Leitão
Executive VP of soccer operations	Luiz Muzzi
Coaching staff
Head coach	James O'Connor
Assistant coach	Daniel Byrd
Assistant coach	Sean McAuley
Goalkeeping coach	Thabane Sutu
Academy coordinator	Marcelo Neveleff

Competitions

Friendlies

Orlando City's 2019 preseason began on January 21 with a training camp at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. They played a closed-door friendly at IMG against New York Red Bulls before traveling back to Orlando for closed-door friendlies against O'Connor's former team Louisville City FC[66] and Philadelphia Union. The schedule concluded with two games in the inaugural OC Invitational that were open to the public and a third match against OC Invitational competitors Minnesota United FC that did not count towards the competition standings nor was it open to the public.

February 2, 2019	Orlando City	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Bradenton, Florida
10:30 am	Méndez  (pen.)		Fernandez	Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: Closed-door

February 6, 2019	Orlando City	1–0	Louisville City FC	Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm	Moutinho			Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: Closed-door
Note: James O'Connor faces his former team for the first time since leaving for Orlando

February 12, 2019	Orlando City	1–4	Philadelphia Union	Davenport, Florida
12:00 pm	Mueller		Burke Santos  (pen.) Sapong Ngalina	Stadium: ChampionsGate Sports Complex Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Additional 30mins played

February 16, 2019 OC Invitational	Orlando City	2–1	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	O'Neill  31' Akindele  34' Mueller  37' Bender  89'		Moralez  30' Medina  37' Lewis  58'  75' Castellanos  89'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

February 20, 2019 OC Invitational	Orlando City	6–2	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Rosell  29' (pen.) Bye  32' (o.g.) Colmán  47' Patiño  49' Higuita  51' Powers  56' (pen.) Diouf  87'		Penilla  11' Turner  55' Bunbury  81', 90'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

February 23, 2019	Orlando City	–	Minnesota United	Orlando, Florida
12:00 pm				Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Closed to the media, no official scoreline released

Major League Soccer

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00) except where otherwise noted.

Outside of the club, FC Cincinnati joined the league as an expansion franchise, bringing the total number of MLS clubs to 24.[67] Orlando City played FC Cincinnati for the first time on May 19, 2019, a 5–1 win. The team's first trip to Cincinnati will be on September 29, 2019.

With the addition of a 24th team, MLS was able to create a more balanced schedule in the sense that every team will play their conference opponents twice (home and away) and the 12 remaining teams in the opposite conference once to make up the 34-game schedule.[68]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	10	15	44	52	−8	37	6	3	8	26	29	−3	3	7	7	18	23	−5

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L
Position[lower-alpha 1]	5	5	8	6	7	6	6	5	6	7	10	-	10	10	8	-	8	-	9	8	-	9	9	9	9	-	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on October 6, 2019. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1. ORL's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.

Results

March 2, 2019 1	Orlando City	2–2	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
2:30 pm	Méndez  9' DeJohn  17' Mueller  59' Dwyer  73' Akindele  75'	Report	Ofori  13' Sweat  19' Ring  45' Chanot  56'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 9, 2019 2	Chicago Fire	1–1	Orlando City	Bridgeview, Illinois
1:00 pm	Mihailovic  45' Corrales  64' Schweinsteiger  90' Sapong  90+5'	Report	Smith  34' Dwyer  47'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 11,041 Referee: Robert Sibiga

March 16, 2019 3	Orlando City	1–3	Montreal Impact	Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm	Rowe  16' O'Neill  23' Acosta  55' Dwyer  90+1' Higuita  90+7'	Report	Okwonkwo  14',  55' Piatti  15', 80' Azira  32' Diallo  90+6'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,352 Referee: Tim Ford

March 23, 2019 4	New York Red Bulls	0–1	Orlando City	Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 pm	Muyl  90+6'	Report	Jansson  51' Kljestan  73',  90+3' Sané  78'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,108 Referee: Allen Chapman

March 31, 2019 5	Orlando City	1–2	D.C. United	Orlando, Florida
6:30 pm	Sané  29' Dwyer  63'	Report	Birnbaum  6' Rooney  30' Brillant  67'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,481 Referee: Armando Villareal

April 6, 2019 6	Orlando City	4–3	Colorado Rapids	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Nani  31', 89' (pen.) Akindele  33' Mueller  81'	Report	Kamara  9',  39' Mezquida  61' Bassett  71'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,450 Referee: Jair Marrufo
Note: Second half delayed one hour for inclement weather

April 13, 2019 7	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Orlando City	Sandy, Utah
9:00 pm	Johnson  17' Onuoha  34' Kreilach  41',  55' Beckerman  74'	Report	O'Neill  45+1' Dwyer  69' Nani  81' Johnson  90+1'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,770 Referee: Chris Penso

April 20, 2019 8	Orlando City	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps	Orlando, Florida
3:00 pm	Nani  62',  88'	Report	Cornelius  90' Lass  90+3'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,468 Referee: Alan Kelly
Note: Adidas Parley kits worn by all teams in MLS this weekend

April 27, 2019 9	New York City FC	1–1	Orlando City	The Bronx, New York
1:00 pm	Héber  51' Sweat  53'	Report	Nani  18' Rosell  71' Jansson  85' Dwyer  85'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 20,862 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 4, 2019 10	Orlando City	0–2	Toronto FC	Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm		Report	Osorio  65' Chapman  77'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,377 Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 12, 2019 11	Atlanta United	1–0	Orlando City	Atlanta, Georgia
2:30 pm	P. Martínez  14' Parkhurst  65'	Report	Jansson  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 68,152 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 15, 2019 12	Seattle Sounders	2–1	Orlando City	Seattle, Washington
10:30 pm	Ruidíaz  19' Bwana  68'	Report	Mueller  75' Dwyer  79' Rosell  89'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 37,722 Referee: Dave Gantar

May 19, 2019 13	Orlando City	5–1	FC Cincinnati	Orlando, Florida
3:00 pm	Akindele  37', 64' Johnson  43' Méndez  45+4' Nani  50' (pen.), 59' Dwyer  74',  82'	Report	Mattocks  24' Powell  45+6' Ulloa  74' Amaya  75' Ledesma  87'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,341 Referee: Nima Saghafi
Note: First ever meeting between the two clubs

May 24, 2019 14	Orlando City	0–1	LA Galaxy	Orlando, Florida
8:00 pm	Jansson  86'	Report	Cuello  17' dos Santos  19' González  45+1' Corona  87'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,712 Referee: Allen Chapman

June 1, 2019 15	Montreal Impact	0–3	Orlando City	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
5:00 pm	Urruti  45'	Report	Nani  27' (pen.) Akindele  36' Johnson  42' Moutinho  49'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,018 Referee: Chris Penso

June 26, 2019 16	D.C. United	1–0	Orlando City	Washington, D.C.
8:00 pm	Rooney  10' Rodríguez  90'	Report	Ruan 27' Kljestan  89'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,398 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

June 29, 2019 17	Columbus Crew	0–2	Orlando City	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 pm	Crognale  82'	Report	Smith  15' Mueller  41' Kljestan  63' Akindele  66' Ascues  87'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 17,715 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

July 3, 2019 18	Orlando City	1–3	Philadelphia Union	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Mueller  8' Jansson  45' Kljestan  67'	Report	Medunjanin  26' Przybyłko  32', 47' Picault  52' Wagner  90+1'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,364 Referee: Chris Penso
Note: One hour delay to kickoff due to lightning

July 7, 2019 19	Philadelphia Union	2–2	Orlando City	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:30 pm	Fabián  4' Przybyłko  90' Real  90+3'	Report	Dwyer  67' Patiño  81'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,574 Referee: Robert Sibiga
Note: Match rescheduled from July 6 due to weather

July 13, 2019 20	Orlando City	1–0	Columbus Crew	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Miller  56' Sané  58' Ascues  81' Michel  84' Méndez  90+2' Dwyer  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,397 Referee: Dave Gantar

July 18, 2019 21	Portland Timbers	1–1	Orlando City	Portland, Oregon
10:00 pm	Fernández  9' Mabiala  67' Ebobisse  82' Dielna  89'	Report	Patiño  44',  77' Rosell  50' Méndez  86'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Joe Dickerson

July 21, 2019 22	Orlando City	0–1	New York Red Bulls	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Mueller  28'	Report	Royer  23' White  32' Robles  83'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,408 Referee: Armando Villarreal

July 27, 2019 23	New England Revolution	4–1	Orlando City	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 pm	Bou  3' Penilla  47' Gil  60' (pen.) Bye  67' Fagúndez  75'	Report	Méndez  27' Rosell  36' Akindele  77'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 19,043 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 3, 2019 24	Orlando City	2–0	FC Dallas	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Akindele  13' Méndez  69' Ascues  90+2'	Report	Ziegler  20' Pomykal  39' Servania  45' Ferreira  81'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,479 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 10, 2019 25	Toronto FC	1–1	Orlando City	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7:30 pm	Delgado  34' Mullins  77'	Report	Michel  69' Sané  82'	Stadium: BMO Field Referee: Kevin Stott

August 14, 2019 26	Orlando City	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Akindele  21',  49' Nani  37'	Report	Gutiérrez  37' Martins  90'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,347 Referee: Robert Sibiga

August 17, 2019 27	Minnesota United	1–1	Orlando City	Saint Paul, Minnesota
8:00 pm	Gregus  32' Gasper  63' Opara  70' Danladi  90+2'	Report	Dwyer  57' Nani  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,738 Referee: Jair Marrufo
Note: Orlando's first match at the newly-built Allianz Field

August 23, 2019 28	Orlando City	0–1	Atlanta United	Orlando, Florida
8:00 pm		Report	González Pírez  36' J. Martínez  60' Gressel  90+4'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 23,014 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 31, 2019 29	San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	Orlando City	San Jose, California
10:30 pm	Eriksson  3' Wondolowski  20', 33' López  63'	Report	Higuita  59' Dwyer  65' Rosell  90'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 17,323 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 7, 2019 30	Orlando City	2–2	Los Angeles FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Nani  13',  45+4' Michel  20' Higuita  45+1' Rosell  60'	Report	Perez  12' Blessing  59' Rossi  78'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,371 Referee: Alan Kelly
Note: LAFC's first visit to Orlando

September 14, 2019 31	Orlando City	3–3	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Smith  15' Nani  22', 54' Dwyer  47' Jansson  60' Higuita  88'	Report	Akindele  15' (o.g.) Penilla  35' Bou  41' Delamea  90'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,419 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 21, 2019 32	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Orlando City	Houston, Texas
8:30 pm	Elis  70' Ramirez  73'	Report	Dwyer  6' Higuita  60'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,146 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 29, 2019 33	FC Cincinnati	1–1	Orlando City	Cincinnati, Ohio
5:00 pm	Cruz  40',  45+3'	Report	Méndez  45' Jansson  61' Smith  89' Michel  90+1'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 25,652 Referee: Robert Sibiga
Note: Orlando's first ever away match at FC Cincinnati

October 6, 2019 34	Orlando City	2–5	Chicago Fire	Orlando, Florida
4:30 pm	Akindele  5' Nani  45+1' Michel  74' Pereyra  83'	Report	Smith  17' (o.g.) Kappelhof  40' Sapong  61' Katai  63' Frankowski  67', 87' Herbers  76' Calvo  78'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 22,433 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Note: Decision Day 2019; all matches start at 4:30 pm. EST

Standings

Eastern Conference table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Chicago Fire	34	10	12	12	55	47	+8	42
9	Montreal Impact[lower-alpha 1]	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 2]
10	Columbus Crew SC	34	10	16	8	39	47	−8	38
11	Orlando City SC	34	9	15	10	44	52	−8	37
12	FC Cincinnati	34	6	22	6	31	75	−44	24

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.
2. as 2019 Canadian Championship winners

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
20	Columbus Crew SC	34	10	16	8	39	47	−8	38
21	Sporting Kansas City	34	10	16	8	49	67	−18	38
22	Orlando City SC	34	9	15	10	44	52	−8	37
23	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	8	16	10	37	59	−22	34
24	FC Cincinnati	34	6	22	6	31	75	−44	24

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

U.S. Open Cup

Orlando City entered the U.S. Open Cup in the fourth round, having been drawn against USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC. As a result of being drawn first, Memphis were the designated host team. In the Round of 16, Orlando beat fellow MLS team New England Revolution in extra-time to set up a quarter-final against New York City FC. The team triumphed 5–4 in a penalty shootout after a Maxi Moralez stoppage time equalizer forced extra time with the game ending 1–1. It set up a meeting with Atlanta United in the team's first Open Cup semi-final in history but the Lions lost 2–0. The game set a new club attendance record for the competition.

Bracket

Fourth Round June 11–12

Round of 16 June 18–20

Quarterfinals July 10

Semifinals August 7

Final August 27

USLC

Memphis 901 FC

1

MLS

Orlando City SC

3

MLS

Orlando City SC

2*

MLS

New England Revolution

1

MLS

New York Red Bulls

2

MLS

New England Revolution

3*

MLS

Orlando City SC

1(5)

MLS

New York City FC

1(4)

MLS

D.C. United

2*

MLS

Philadelphia Union

1

MLS

D.C. United

1

MLS

New York City FC

2

MLS

New York City FC

4

USLC

North Carolina FC

0

MLS

Orlando City SC

0

MLS

Atlanta United FC

2

MLS

Columbus Crew SC

1

USLC

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

0

MLS

Columbus Crew SC

2

MLS

Atlanta United FC

3

USLC

Charleston Battery

1

MLS

Atlanta United FC

3*

MLS

Atlanta United FC

2

USLC

Saint Louis FC

0

USLC

Saint Louis FC

2

MLS

Chicago Fire

1

USLC

Saint Louis FC

1

MLS

FC Cincinnati

0

MLS

FC Cincinnati

2*

USLC

Louisville City FC

1

MLS

Atlanta United FC

2

MLS

Minnesota United FC

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

3

USLC

Austin Bold FC

2

MLS

Houston Dynamo

2

MLS

Minnesota United FC

3

MLS

Minnesota United FC

4

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

1

MLS

Minnesota United FC

6

USLC

New Mexico United

1

MLS

FC Dallas

4

USLC

OKC Energy FC

0

MLS

FC Dallas

1

USLC

New Mexico United

2

MLS

Colorado Rapids

2(2)

USLC

New Mexico United

2(4)

MLS

Minnesota United FC

2

MLS

Portland Timbers

1

MLS

Real Salt Lake

0

MLS

Los Angeles FC

3

MLS

Los Angeles FC

3

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

1

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

4

USLC

Sacramento Republic FC

3

MLS

Los Angeles FC

0

MLS

Portland Timbers

1

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC

1

MLS

Portland Timbers

2

MLS

Portland Timbers

4

MLS

LA Galaxy

0

MLS

LA Galaxy

3

NPSL

Orange County FC

0

Host team listed first
Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

June 12 Fourth round	Memphis 901	1–3	Orlando City	Memphis, Tennessee
8:30 pm EDT	Collier  50' Bruch  60'	Report	Kljestan  38' (pen.), 55' Jansson  71'	Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

June 19 Round of 16	Orlando City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm EDT	Michel  96',  119' Akindele  101' Kljestan  105+1' DeJohn  120+4'	Report	Agudelo  95' Castillo  115' Rennicks  117'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 5,556 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

July 10 Quarter-final	Orlando City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm EDT	Mueller  61' Méndez  65' Michel  113'	Report	Ibeagha  38' Castellanos  82' Chanot  90+2' Moralez  90+6' Tinnerholm  95'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Victor Rivas
	Penalties
	Akindele Smith Dwyer Johnson Powers Rosell		Ring Castellanos Tinnerholm Parks Medina Chanot

6 August Semi-final	Orlando City	0–2	Atlanta United	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm EDT	Akindele 68'	Report	Remedi  37' González Pirez  59' Hyndman  78' Escobar  85' Pogba  90' Guzan  90+2'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 18,461 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Note: New club record attendance for U.S. Open Cup match

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of matches played October 6, 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		Open Cup		Total
			Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
2	RB	Ruan	25	23	3	3	28	26
3	CB	Alex DeJohn	6	6	3	1	9	7
4	MF	Will Johnson	21	20	2	2	23	22
5	MF	Dillon Powers	7	7	3	2	10	9
6	CB	Robin Jansson	28	28	4	4	32	32
7	MF	Cristian Higuita	9	7	2	2	11	9
8	MF	Sebas Méndez	23	20	2	2	25	22
9	FW	Chris Mueller	29	16	4	3	33	19
10	MF	Josué Colmán	8	1	0	0	8	1
12	CB	Shane O’Neill	11	9	1	1	12	10
13	FW	Tesho Akindele	28	22	4	4	32	26
14	FW	Dom Dwyer	27	16	2	1	29	17
15	MF	Cam Lindley	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CAM	Sacha Kljestan	23	14	4	4	27	18
17	FW	Nani	30	26	3	2	33	28
18	GK	Greg Ranjitsingh	2	2	0	0	2	2
19	FW	Benji Michel	17	9	3	0	20	9
20	DM	Uri Rosell	20	16	1	0	21	16
22	CB	Lamine Sané	26	25	4	4	30	29
23	GK	Brian Rowe	32	32	0	0	32	32
24	RB	Kyle Smith	23	15	1	1	24	16
25	LB	Danilo Acosta	8	8	0	0	8	8
26	CB/DM	Carlos Ascues	17	14	2	0	19	14
27	CB	Kamal Miller	16	14	0	0	16	14
29	FW	Santiago Patiño	11	3	2	2	13	5
31	GK	Mason Stajduhar	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Mauricio Pereyra	6	5	0	0	6	5
34	DF	Randy Mendoza	0	0	1	0	1	0
44	LB	João Moutinho	16	15	2	2	18	17
95	MF	Robinho	6	3	0	0	6	3
99	GK	Adam Grinwis	0	0	4	4	4	4

Goalscorers

As of matches played October 6, 2019

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	MLS	Open Cup	Total
1	17	FW	Nani	12	0	12
2	13	FW	Tesho Akindele	10	1	11
3	14	FW	Dom Dwyer	7	0	7
4	9	FW	Chris Mueller	5	1	6
	19	FW	Benji Michel	5	1	6
6	16	MF	Sacha Kljestan	1	2	3
7	29	FW	Santiago Patiño	2	0	2
8	4	MF	Will Johnson	1	0	1
	6	CB	Robin Jansson	0	1	1
	26	CB/DM	Carlos Ascues	1	0	1
Total				44	6	50

Shutouts

As of matches played October 6, 2019

Rank	No.	Name	MLS	Open Cup	Total
1	23	Brian Rowe	7	0	7
Total			7	0	7

Disciplinary record

As of matches played October 6, 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		Open Cup		Total
2	RB	Ruan	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	CB	Alex DeJohn	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	MF	Will Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	CB	Robin Jansson	6	1	0	0	6	1
7	MF	Cristian Higuita	5	0	0	0	5	0
8	MF	Sebas Méndez	7	0	1	0	8	0
9	FW	Chris Mueller	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	CB	Shane O'Neill	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	FW	Tesho Akindele	1	0	1	0	2	0
14	FW	Dom Dwyer	7	1	0	0	7	1
16	MF	Sacha Kljestan	3	1	1	0	4	1
17	FW	Nani	4	0	0	0	4	0
19	FW	Benji Michel	0	0	2	0	2	0
20	MF	Uri Rosell	6	0	0	0	6	0
22	CB	Lamine Sané	4	0	0	0	4	0
23	GK	Brian Rowe	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	RB	Kyle Smith	4	0	0	0	4	0
25	LB	Danilo Acosta	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	CB/DM	Carlos Ascues	2	0	0	0	2	0
29	FW	Santiago Patiño	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	Mauricio Pereyra	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	LB	João Moutinho	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			60	3	6	0	66	3

Player movement

Per Major League Soccer and club policies, terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

MLS SuperDraft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2019 draft was held on January 11, 2019. Orlando had five selections.

2019 Orlando City MLS SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
1	3	Santiago Patiño	FW	Florida International University	Signed[69]
2	27	Kamal Miller	CB	Syracuse University	Signed[70]
	38	Tommy Madden	MF	UNC Charlotte	Not signed[71]
3	59	Scott DeVoss	DF	University of Denver	Not signed[72]
4	96	PASS

Transfers in

No.	Name	Pos.	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Ref.
13	Tesho Akindele	FW	FC Dallas	Acquired for $100k of 2019 TAM and $50k of 2020 GAM	December 9, 2018	[73]
44	João Moutinho	LB	Los Angeles FC	Traded in exchange for Mohamed El Monir	December 11, 2018	[74]
18	Greg Ranjitsingh	GK	Louisville City FC	Undisclosed fee	December 19, 2018	[75]
24	Kyle Smith	RB	Louisville City FC	Free transfer	December 19, 2018	[75]
8	Jhegson Méndez	MF	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed fee, reportedly $1.8 million	December 28, 2018	[76]
19	Benji Michel	FW	Portland Pilots	Signed Homegrown contract	December 31, 2018	[77]
3	Alex DeJohn	CB	Dalkurd FF	Free transfer	January 10, 2019	[78]
17	Nani	FW	Sporting CP	Free transfer	February 18, 2019	[9]
23	Brian Rowe	GK	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free transfer	February 22, 2019	[79]
6	Robin Jansson	CB	AIK	Undisclosed fee, reportedly $540k	March 12, 2019	[80]
95	Robinho	MF	Columbus Crew SC	Acquired for $50k of 2019 TAM	July 11, 2019	[81]
33	Mauricio Pereyra	MF	FC Krasnodar	Free transfer	July 30, 2019	[82]

Loans in

No.	Name	Pos.	Loaned from	Notes	Date	Ref.
26	Carlos Ascues	CB/DM	Alianza Lima	12-month loan extension exercised	N/A
25	Danilo Acosta	LB	Real Salt Lake	One-year loan with option to buy in exchange for $75k GAM	December 28, 2018	[83]
2	Ruan	RB	Barra da Tijuca	One-year loan	January 16, 2019	[84]

Transfers out

No.	Name	Pos.	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Ref.
1	Joe Bendik	GK	Columbus Crew	Option declined; Rights acquired by Columbus Crew in exchange for $50k TAM on 12/27/2018	November 27, 2018	[85]
6	Richie Laryea	MF	Toronto FC	Option declined; Signed with Toronto FC on 3/21/19		[85]
8	Tony Rocha	MF	New York City FC	Option declined; Rights acquired by NYCFC in exchange for a 2019 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick on 12/12/18		[85]
28	Chris Schuler	CB	Retired	Option declined		[85]
2	Jonathan Spector	CB	Hibernian	Option declined; Signed with Hibernian on 3/15/19		[85]
21	Scott Sutter	RB	Vancouver Whitecaps	Option declined; Signed with Vancouver Whitecaps on 1/30/19		[85]
25	Donny Toia	LB	Real Salt Lake	Option declined; Rights acquired by Real Salt Lake in 2018 MLS Re-entry draft on 12/14/18		[85]
33	Jose Villarreal	MF	Las Vegas Lights	Option declined; Signed with Las Vegas on 5/29/19		[85]
36	Earl Edwards, Jr.	GK	D.C. United	Contract expired; Rights acquired by D.C. United in exchange for a 2019 MLS SuperDraft second round pick on 12/19/18		[85]
94	Victor "PC" Giro	LB	Vancouver Whitecaps	Traded in exchange for Vancouver's natural third-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft	December 9, 2018	[86]
13	Mohamed El Monir	LB	Los Angeles FC	Traded in exchange for João Moutinho	December 11, 2018	[74]
3	Amro Tarek	CB	New York Red Bulls	Traded in exchange for Red Bulls's natural fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft	December 11, 2018	[87]
19	Yoshimar Yotún	MF	Cruz Azul	Sold for $4 million	December 27, 2018	[88]
29	Stefano Pinho	FW	PT Prachuap	Waived; Signed with PT Prachuap on 1/23/19	January 16, 2019	[89]
27	R. J. Allen	RB	FC Motown	Waived; Signed with FC Motown on 4/5/19	February 6, 2019	[90]
11	Pierre da Silva	MF/FW	Memphis 901	Released; Signed with Memphis 901 on 8/5/19	July 31, 2019	[91]

Loans out

No.	Name	Pos.	Loaned to	Notes	Date	Ref.
11	Pierre da Silva	MF/FW	Club Athletico Paranaense	Until end of season	February 7, 2019	[92]
31	Mason Stajduhar	GK	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Until end of season (temporarily recalled June 24, 2019)	March 15, 2019	[93]
15	Cam Lindley	MF	Memphis 901 FC	Until end of season	April 12, 2019	[94]
10	Josué Colmán	MF	Cerro Porteño	One and a half year loan with right of recall	June 12, 2019	[95]

Broadcasting

Orlando City will be featured on national television 6 times during the 2019 season, while all remaining matches will be televised locally on WRBW My65. This means that 30 of Orlando's 34 regular-season matches will be broadcast on FOX entities between FOX 35, My65 and Fox Sports.[96] Following City's exclusive streaming partner deal with YouTube TV made in May 2018, YouTube TV online subscribers will have access to all of FOX's locally and nationally televised matches.[97]

Radio coverage for City will be provided in both English and Spanish during the 2019 season. La Nueva 990 AM will serve as the Spanish language broadcaster while English commentary will be split between FM 96.9 The Game and Real Radio 104.1 FM all season long.[98]

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