PREVIEW: Orlando City Looks for Fourth Straight Victory as It Welcomes Seattle on Wednesday | Orlando City

ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2022) – Orlando Metropolis SC (11-10-6, 39 factors) is about to make a good turnaround because it hosts Seattle Sounders FC (10-14-3, 33 factors) on Wednesday, August 31 at Exploria Stadium. The match, offered by Socios.com, is about to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Wednesday’s recreation will likely be domestically televised on FOX35 PLUS and LionNation TV, and transmitted on 96.9 The Sport in English and Acción 97.9 in Spanish.

The Lions enter the match coming off one other late game-winner from Tesho Akindele, who scored within the 96th minute to offer Orlando a 2-1 victory over New York Metropolis FC. The end accounted for Akindele’s second-consecutive deciding end after he scored the game-winning objective final week in a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC. The end additionally marked the ahead’s fourth objective towards NYCFC, which is probably the most by any present Metropolis participant. Iván Angulo recorded his first help as a Lion on the game-winning end. 

Orlando discovered the early lead within the match courtesy of a Júnior Urso end within the seventh minute. Urso mixed with Facundo Torres to place collectively a great thing about a objective, with Torres setting the ball up for Urso who fired his laces by way of on the half-volley and straight into the again of the web. The objective counted as Urso’s fifth objective of the season, whereas Torres tallied his ninth help of the marketing campaign, which is only one behind captain Mauricio Pereyra for the group lead in all competitions.

The Sounders have been defeated 2-1 of their most up-to-date match towards archrival Portland Timbers at Windfall Park.  Seattle acquired the early objective, scoring within the eighth minute courtesy of Yeimar Gómez Andrade. The ball discovered the ft of Alex Roldan, who performed a looping cross into the field the place Yeimar met the ball together with his head proper in entrance of objective to bag the set-piece strike. The Sounders are at the moment beneath the road within the race for the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs. Together with Seattle, six groups are separated by 4 factors or much less between sixth place and eleventh place within the Western Convention.

After Wednesday’s match, the Lions will start preparations for the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Ultimate towards USL-based Sacramento Republic FC. The match was introduced as a sellout and can function the primary event ultimate for the Lions hosted at Exploria Stadium. Kickoff is about for 8 p.m. ET and will likely be streamed dwell on ESPN+.