April 13, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Orlando City SC News Release
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando City SC (2-3-2, 8 points) was backed by three different goal scorers on the night, defeating hosts D.C. United (2-2-4, 10 points) 3-2 at Audi Field on Saturday evening.
After falling behind in the first five minutes, Dagur Dan Thórhallsson headed in his first of the season to level things, with David Brekalo then scoring his first goal in purple on the other side of the half, which made it a 2-2 game at the time.
It was second year forward Duncan McGuire who provided the difference, coming in as a second-half substitute and finishing off a long-ball from Nico Lodeiro to give Orlando all three points away from home. McGuire’s goal marked the fifth game-winner of his young MLS career.
Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese finished the night with five saves, including two massive stops in second-half stoppage time to preserve the Orlando City victory. With the start, captain Robin Jansson also surpassed the 15,000-minute mark, hitting the milestone in the 59th minute of play, and becoming the first Lion to accomplish the feat.
The Lions will next head north to Canada for a meeting with CF Montréal on Saturday, April 20 at Stade Saputo, with the match airing on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Scoring Summary:
5′ Christian Benteke (Mateusz Klich) – DC 1, ORL 0
The hosts opened things up just five minutes into the game off of a corner kick. Mateusz Klich sent in the corner to the Lions’ far post, where Christian Benteke was waiting. Benteke sent it back to the far corner as goalkeeper Pedro Gallese was blocked from getting to the cross by a United defender.
28′ Dagur Dan Thórhallsson (Iván Angulo) – ORL 1, DC 1
The Lions equalized in the 28th minute as Facundo Torres sprung Iván Angulo down the left wing to get behind the United back line. Angulo sent in a cross to the far post where Dagur Dan Thórhallsson headed it past goalkeeper Alex Bono to level for City.
66′ Gabriel Pirani (Christian Benteke, Jared Stroud) – DC 2, ORL 1
D.C. United took the lead back in the second half when Jared Stroud sent a cross into the far post for Benteke. Benteke then turned provider, heading the ball to Gabriel Pirani at the center of the box, who took a controlling touch before volleying it in to regain the lead.
82′ David Brekalo (Facundo Torres) – ORL 2, DC 2
The Lions evened things up late in the match off the head of center back David Brekalo, who hammered home a corner kick from…
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