May 23rd features a match where Austin hosts Orlando City in a Major League Soccer match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. Austin is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Real Salt Lake. Alexander Ring struck first for Austin in the 24th minute, then Chang got the equalizer for Real Salt Lake in the 55th minute on a feed from Justin Meram But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 88th minute on a goal by Andrew Brody. Austin should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Orlando City, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Toronto. Kyle Smith struck first for Orlando City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Toronto was frustrated by Orlando City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Orlando City ended the match with the shutout victory. Orlando City is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Ercan Kara and Rodrigo Schlegel are the top scorers for Orlando City in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Austin’s top weapon lately has been Sebastián Driussi, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.