Oct 2nd features a match where New York City and Orlando City will play a match in New York City in a meeting of these two evenly matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 4th placed New York City, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against New York Red Bulls. Alexander Martin Marquinho Callens Asin scored the first goal for New York City in the 1st minute, then Santiago Rodriguez added another in the 23rd minute In the end, New York Red Bulls was frustrated by New York City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. New York City ended the match with the shutout victory. New York City looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 6th placed Orlando City, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Toronto. Facundo Torres Pérez scored the first goal for Orlando City in the 9th minute, then Ercan Kara added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Mauricio Pereyra At the end of 90 a dissapointed Toronto couldn’t manage to score, and Orlando City took the shutout win. Orlando City is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
New York City and Orlando City last played eachother at the Orlando City Stadium on Sunday Aug 28th. Orlando City was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Ocimar de Almeida Junior struck first for Orlando City in the 7th minute, then Maxi Moralez tied it up for New York City in the 53rd minute on a feed from Thiago Eduardo de Andrade.
Orlando City is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Akindele and Ercan Kara each having 2 goals in their last 5. Araujo dos Santos and Gabriel Pereira dos Santos are the top scorers for New York City in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.