2018 Orlando City SC season

The 2018 Orlando City SC season was the club's eighth season of existence in Orlando and fourth 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. The team played its home games at Orlando City Stadium.

Orlando City

2018 season
CEO	Alex Leitão
Manager	Jason Kreis (until June 15) Bobby Murphy (interim, June 15 – July 1) James O'Connor (from July 2)
Stadium	Orlando City Stadium
MLS:	Conference: 11th Overall: 22nd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals (entered in Fourth Round, June 6)
Top goalscorer	League: Dom Dwyer (13) All: Dom Dwyer (13)
Highest home attendance	MLS: 25,527 (Twice)
Lowest home attendance	MLS: 22,337 (April 8 vs. Portland Timbers)
Average home league attendance	23,979
Home colors Away colors

Season review

Pre-season

We want guys who want to compete, who want to win and who feel the pain when we don't win. Every single player we’ve brought (during the offseason) has sat down with me, looked me in the eye and told me they want to win and they want to be here for the right reasons.

—HC Jason Kreis, on the roster revamp[1]

On December 17, 2017, Kaká announced his retirement, after turning down offers from former clubs São Paulo FC and A.C. Milan.[2] With the options of several players declined at the end of the previous season,[3][4] Orlando City set its sights on the off-season to rebuild its roster.[1] The club began the winter transfer window by acquiring midfielder Sacha Kljestan from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for attacker Carlos Rivas and defender Tommy Redding.[5] During this time, it was announced that Orlando City B had elected to not participate in the 2018 USL season,[6] sparking alarm in regards to the club's youth development and depth.[7] Just a few days later, Paraguayan midfielder Josué Colmán signed with the club as a Young Designated Player.[8]

In early January, Orlando City Stadium played host to two games in the 2018 edition of the Florida Cup.[9] This was followed by the club also hosting the 2018 MLS Combine from January 11 to 17,[10] which resulted in forward Chris Mueller being picked by Orlando City in the MLS SuperDraft.[11]

By mid-January, attention shifted to forward Cyle Larin after images of him undergoing a medical with Beşiktaş J.K. were posted on the Turkish club's Twitter account.[12] While Orlando City was aware of the social media posting, no transfer agreement had been made at that time and the club was preparing to take legal action as Larin was still "under contract with Orlando City through 2019."[13] When training camp officially commenced on January 22, Larin was absent and appeared to be training with Beşiktaş in a video released the following day.[14] A week later, Orlando City announced that they had come to terms with Beşiktaş for the transfer of Larin.[15]

On January 29, it was announced that Orlando City had acquired midfielder Justin Meram from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $1.05 million in allocation money plus an international roster spot.[16] Further transfers were made throughout January and February, with a total of 13 new players making the move to Orlando.[17] On February 28, center back Jonathan Spector was named the new captain of Orlando City following Kaká's departure.[18]

March

Orlando City began their fourth Major League Soccer campaign on March 3 at home against D.C. United. Despite Joe Bendik making a penalty save early on, D.C. United opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with a Yamil Asad free kick. In the 41st minute, PC was issued a red card and Orlando City played the remainder of the game with 10 men. The Lions maintained pressure throughout the second half and eventually equalized in stoppage time following a forward run by Jonathan Spector that set Stefano Pinho up for his debut goal, securing a point with a 1–1 draw.[19] Orlando remained at home for its second match, falling 2–1 to Minnesota United following a brace by Ethan Finlay.[20] The club then hit the road for its first away match of the season against New York City FC. This marked the first Orlando City appearances for Lamine Sané and Josué Colmán, who both came on as second half subs, as well as Sacha Kljestan. Despite holding a 0–0 scoreline at half, the Lions ended up falling 2–0 from goals by Ismael Tajouri and Maxi Moralez.[21] Following a two-week hiatus, Orlando City returned home to host the New York Red Bulls. After conceding in the seventh minute, City soon struck back with a tap-in goal by Will Johnson. The Red Bulls regained the lead shortly after, but the Lions equalized once again via a Dom Dwyer header to end the half at 2–2. Dwyer opened the second half with a goal that came from a throw-in assist by Mohamed El Monir. The visitors were able to level the scoreline in the 82nd minute, but a shot from Scott Sutter that deflected off of Colmán made its way into the back of the net and secured City all three points in the club's first victory of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.[22]

April

Orlando SC takes on the visiting San Jose Earthquakes

On April 8, the Lions made team history by securing their first win from a 2-goal deficit, with Dwyer scoring the game-winning goal in the 87th minute for a dramatic 3–2 comeback victory against the Portland Timbers.[23] The result also marked the first back-to-back wins for the club since April 29, 2017. With all three goals scored in the final ten minutes, they lead the league with 25 in the last three seasons,[24] reaffirming the nickname "Cardiac Cats." Five days later, Joe Bendik picked up his first clean sheet of the season to go along with four saves, while Dwyer scored his 99th goal in all career caps, for the Lions' first away win of the season: a 2–0 shutout of the Philadelphia Union.[25] The winning streak stretched to four in a 3–2 home victory against the San Jose Earthquakes, courtesy of goals from Mueller, Kljestan, and Dwyer. Both Mueller and Dwyer's goals were milestones: Mueller's strike came 63 seconds into the match, making it the fastest MLS goal in the club's history, and Dwyer's goal marked his 100th career goal in all competitions.[26] Then, in yet another come-from-behind thriller and their fifth straight win to close out the month, Orlando City defeated the Colorado Rapids with a 2–1 scoreline at the high altitude of DSG Park.[27]

May

The first major test of the season comes early, as four of the next five matches for Orlando City come against the top four 2017 Eastern Conference teams: Atlanta United FC, Toronto FC, the Chicago Fire, and New York City FC.[28][29] A new club record was reached as the "Cardiac Cats" opened the month of May with their sixth straight victory, and fourth when conceding the first goal, in a 3–1 result against Real Salt Lake. Lamine Sané scored his first goal in purple, while Chris Schuler made his debut in the squad's starting 11, against his former team.[30] On May 13, Justin Meram opened his account with a second-half goal against the Five Stripes. However, the Lions' comeback fell short in a 2–1 loss, their second of the season at home.[31] The game was marred by fans throwing trash onto the field in frustration. Orlando City was later criticized by local authorities and news organizations for routinely condemning behavior without taking any significant action to decrease such incidents.[32][33] The rough patch continued with another 2–1 loss at Toronto FC.[34] A 2–1 defeat at home to the Chicago Fire extended the losing streak to three games to close out the month, as the Lions looked ahead to a 4-game, 12-day road trip with stops in New York, Miami, Vancouver, and Montreal.[35]

June

The losing streak continued into the month of June, as Orlando City fell 3–0 to New York City FC. With Dom Dwyer out due to injury, the Lions have found it difficult to score in their last four matches.[36] The club was able to turn things around in their first match of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup when they defeated NPSL side Miami United FC 3–0 with goals from PC, Stefano Pinho, and Dillon Powers.[37] However, the club's MLS losing streak stretched to five games after the Lions were reduced to 10 men and were outscored 5–2 in Vancouver.[38] The 12-day road trip came to an end in Montreal, where Orlando City suffered its third consecutive three-goal margin defeat.[39] Two days later, the club announced that it had parted ways with head coach Jason Kreis and that assistant coach Bobby Murphy would assume the role of interim coach.[40] Under Bobby's leadership, and changing to a three-back formation that showed much-improved stability in the defense, the Lions were able to eke out a 1-1 win on PKs (4-2), against D.C. United in the Round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup on June 20.[41] Orlando played their first MLS match following Kreis' departure on June 23, 2018 when they faced Montreal for the second consecutive game. Murphy continued with the three-back formation he had used in the Open Cup four days earlier but Orlando fell to a 2-0 defeat, only registering one shot on target on the way to their seventh consecutive league defeat, a performance Bobby and several of the players apologized for post-game.[42]

On June 29, the club announced that Louisville City FC manager and former Orlando City player-coach James O'Connor would take over as the Lion's new head coach.[43] The day after, Murphy took control of his final game as interim manager prior to O'Connor filling the position permanently. The result was a 4–0 defeat away to Atlanta United.[44]

July

James O'Connor's first game in charge was away at Los Angeles FC, marking the first time Orlando had ever played the new expansion side. The original kick off time was moved to 11:00 p.m. ET to avoid triple-digit temperatures. The team returned to the 4–2–3–1 formation that had been implemented earlier in the season under Jason Kreis but lost 4–1, breaking their three-game scoreless streak but extending the losing streak to nine.[45] On July 14, O'Connor took charge of his first home game with the visit of Toronto FC. Orlando won 2–1 to end their winless streak. It was the first MLS match of the season to not feature Joe Bendik after Earl Edwards Jr. was given the start in goal.[46] Orlando were knocked out of the U.S. Open Cup at the quarterfinals stage on July 18, losing 1–0 away to Philadelphia Union.[47] On July 22, Orlando traveled to Columbus Crew SC where they led for most of the match. However, a penalty call and a controversial lack of VAR led to a game-tying 88th-minute penalty. Columbus would go on to win the game 3–2 in stoppage time.[48] In response, Professional Referee Organization released a statement acknowledging the error and reaffirming that the organization holds all officials "accountable and takes appropriate action when necessary."[49] Orlando returned home to face NYCFC for the third and final time of the year on July 26, falling to a 2–0 defeat and hitting the woodwork four times in the process.[50] Then, despite taking the lead three times, Orlando lost 4–3 away to LA Galaxy on July 29, a game in which Cristian Higuita broke Cyle Larin's club record 89 appearances. Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimović notably scored his first MLS hattrick in the game.[51]

August

On August 3, Orlando City traded Justin Meram back to Columbus Crew SC for $750,000 in Targeted Allocation Money and a 2019 international roster slot.[52] The following day, the Lions returned home to face New England Revolution. After trailing by two goals early on, City equalized in the 71st minute. While New England gained the lead five minutes later, the Lions equalized again in stoppage time – resulting in a 3–3 draw.[53] The team ended the month with two losses, both by a one-goal margin, to DC United and Atlanta United. The DC game marked the first time Orlando played at the newly-opened Audi Field.

September

On September 1, Orlando hosted Philadelphia Union and held them to a 2–2 draw thanks to a Scott Sutter goal in stoppage time. It was the first time Orlando had avoided defeat against the same opponent twice in MLS this season. The following weekend the team lost 1–0 away to Sporting Kansas City as Dom Dwyer returned to face his former team for the first time. The team finished the month winless, losing on two away trips to Sporting Kansas City and Chicago Fire before earning a 0–0 draw at home to Houston Dynamo, with Adam Grinwis securing only the team's second league clean sheet of the season on his debut.

October

Prior to the team's game against FC Dallas on October 6, Orlando were officially eliminated from playoff contention following Montreal's win over Columbus Crew earlier that day. They went on to lose 2–0. Orlando remained on the road for the next match against New England Revolution which also ended 2–0 and extending the team's scoreless run to five games. On October 17 the team set a new MLS single season record for number of goals conceded when Víctor Rodríguez opened the scoring for Seattle Sounders, the 71st goal Orlando had given up that year. This surpassed the previous total of 70 set by Minnesota United in their inaugural season in 2017. Seattle went on to win 2–1. Orlando's final home game of the season, played on October 21, saw them win only their second game under the stewardship of James O'Connor when Kljestan scored penalty in stoppage time to beat Columbus Crew 2–1.

Decision Day

On October 28, the final day of the regular season, Orlando traveled to a New York Red Bulls side who were one of two teams with the potential to win the Supporters' Shield. They started the day one point behind Atlanta United but their 1–0 win over Orlando combined with Atlanta's 4–1 defeat against Toronto FC meant they finished top of the standings and lifted the Shield for the third time. Orlando finished the season bottom of the Eastern Conference and, because of Colorado Rapids' decision day win, dropped to 22nd in the Supporters' Shield.

November

On November 26, 2018, 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.[54] The day after, the club announced it had decided not to exercise the contract options of eight players: Joe Bendik, Richie Laryea, Tony Rocha, Chris Schuler, Jonathan Spector, Scott Sutter, Donny Toia and Jose Villarreal. Earl Edwards, Jr. would also be released as a result of his expired contract.

Roster

As of August 3, 2018[55]

No.	Nationality	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1		Joe Bendik	GK	(1989-04-25)April 25, 1989 (aged 28)	Toronto FC	–
31		Mason Stajduhar	GK	(1997-12-02)December 2, 1997 (aged 20)	Orlando City U-23	HGP
36		Earl Edwards, Jr.	GK	(1992-01-24)January 24, 1992 (aged 26)	UCLA Bruins	–
99		Adam Grinwis	GK	(1992-04-21)April 21, 1992 (aged 25)	Saint Louis FC	–
Defenders
2		Jonathan Spector (C)	CB	(1986-03-01)March 1, 1986 (aged 32)	Birmingham City	–
3		Amro Tarek	CB	(1992-05-17)May 17, 1992 (aged 25)	Wadi Degla	Loan in
12		Shane O’Neill	CB	(1993-09-02)September 2, 1993 (aged 24)	Excelsior	HGP
13		Mohamed El Monir	LB	(1992-04-08)April 8, 1992 (aged 25)	Partizan Belgrade	INT
21		Scott Sutter	RB	(1986-05-13)May 13, 1986 (aged 31)	Young Boys	–
22		Lamine Sané	CB	(1987-03-22)March 22, 1987 (aged 30)	Werder Bremen	INT
25		Donny Toia	LB	(1992-05-28)May 28, 1992 (aged 25)	Montreal Impact	–
26		Carlos Ascues	CB/DM	(1992-06-19)June 19, 1992 (aged 25)	Alianza Lima	Loan in
27		R. J. Allen	RB	(1990-04-17)April 17, 1990 (aged 27)	New York City FC	–
28		Chris Schuler	CB	(1987-09-06)September 6, 1987 (aged 30)	Real Salt Lake	–
94		Victor "PC" Giro	LB	(1994-03-10)March 10, 1994 (aged 23)	Orlando City B	–
Midfielders
4		Will Johnson	MF	(1987-01-21)January 21, 1987 (aged 31)	Toronto FC	–
5		Dillon Powers	MF	(1991-02-14)February 14, 1991 (aged 27)	Colorado Rapids	–
6		Richie Laryea	CAM	(1995-01-07)January 7, 1995 (aged 23)	Orlando City B	GA
7		Cristian Higuita	DM	(1994-01-14)January 14, 1994 (aged 24)	Deportivo Cali	–
8		Tony Rocha	CM/DM	(1993-08-21)August 21, 1993 (aged 24)	Orlando City B	–
10		Josué Colmán	MF	(1998-07-25)July 25, 1998 (aged 19)	Cerro Porteño	INT, DP
11		Pierre Da Silva	MF	(1998-07-28)July 28, 1998 (aged 19)	Orlando City B	–
15		Cam Lindley	MF	(1997-07-18)July 18, 1997 (aged 20)	North Carolina Tar Heels	HGP
16		Sacha Kljestan	CAM	(1985-09-09)September 9, 1985 (aged 32)	New York Red Bulls	DP
19		Yoshimar Yotún	MF/LB	(1990-04-07)April 7, 1990 (aged 27)	Malmö FF	INT
20		Uri Rosell	MF/DF	(1992-07-07)July 7, 1992 (aged 25)	Sporting CP	–
33		Jose Villarreal	MF	(1993-09-10)September 10, 1993 (aged 24)	LA Galaxy	HGP
Forwards
14		Dom Dwyer	FW	(1990-07-30)July 30, 1990 (aged 27)	Sporting KC	DP
17		Chris Mueller	MF/FW	(1996-08-28)August 28, 1996 (aged 21)	Wisconsin Badgers	–
29		Stefano Pinho	FW	(1991-01-12)January 12, 1991 (aged 27)	Miami FC	–

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 2018 draft was held on January 19, 2018. Orlando had one selection.

2018 Orlando City MLS SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
1	6	Chris Mueller	MF/FW	University of Wisconsin	Signed

Transfers in

No.	Name	Pos.	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Ref.
27	R. J. Allen	RB	New York City FC	Acquired for a 2018 MLS SuperDraft third-round pick	December 18, 2017	[56]
29	Stefano Pinho	FW	Miami FC	Free transfer	December 18, 2017	[56]
33	Jose Villarreal	MF	LA Galaxy	Acquired for a 2019 MLS SuperDraft third-round pick	December 27, 2017	[57]
13	Mohamed El Monir	LB	Partizan Belgrade	Free transfer	December 27, 2017	[57]
16	Sacha Kljestan	CAM	New York Red Bulls	Acquired for Targeted Allocation Money, Carlos Rivas and Tommy Redding	January 3, 2018	[5]
99	Adam Grinwis	GK	Saint Louis FC	Free transfer	January 5, 2018	[58]
10	Josué Colmán	MF	Cerro Porteño	Undisclosed fee, reportedly $3 million[59]	January 15, 2018	[8]
15	Cam Lindley	MF	Chicago Fire	Homegrown Player Rights; Exchange for Rafael Ramos and Targeted Allocation Money	January 18, 2018	[60]
9	Justin Meram	FW	Columbus Crew	Acquired for $750k TAM, $300k GAM and a 2019 international roster slot	January 29, 2018	[61]
20	Uri Rosell	MF	Sporting CP	Acquired No. 1 position in MLS Allocation Ranking Order from FC Dallas in exchange for Targeted Allocation Money	January 30, 2018	[62]
22	Lamine Sané	CB	Werder Bremen	Free transfer	February 20, 2018	[63]
28	Chris Schuler	CB	Real Salt Lake	Free transfer	March 2, 2018	[64]
12	Shane O’Neill	CB	Excelsior	Free transfer	June 22, 2018	[41]

Loans in

No.	Name	Pos.	Loaned from	Notes	Date	Ref.
3	Amro Tarek	CB	Wadi Degla	One-year loan with a club option to buy	February 2, 2018	[65]
26	Carlos Ascues	CB/DM	Alianza Lima	Until end of season with 12-month extension option	August 16, 2018

Transfers out

No.	Name	Pos.	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Ref.
28	Josh Saunders	GK		Option declined	November 7, 2017	[66]
3	Seb Hines	CB		Option declined		[66]
22	Conor Donovan	CB	Rio Grande Valley FC	Option declined; Signed with Rio Grande Valley on 1/18/18		[66]
23	Antonio Nocerino	MF	Benevento	Option declined; Signed with Benevento on 6/7/18		[66]
5	Servando Carrasco	MF	LA Galaxy	Option declined; Selected by LA Galaxy in 2017 MLS Re-Entry Draft		[66]
14	Giles Barnes	FW	León	Option declined; Signed with León on 1/9/18		[66]
13	Hadji Barry	FW	Swope Park Rangers	Option declined; Signed with Swope Park Rangers on 1/15/18		[66]
12	Kevin Alston	LB	Orange County SC	Contract expired; Signed with Orange County on 6/8/18		[66]
16	Devron García	CB/DM	Real España	Contract expired		[66]
10	Kaká	CAM	Retired	Contract expired; Officially retired on 12/17/17		[66]
11	Carlos Rivas	FW/LW	New York Red Bulls	Traded for Sacha Kljestan	January 3, 2018	[5]
29	Tommy Redding	CB
27	Rafael Ramos	RB	Chicago Fire	Traded in exchange for Cam Lindley, GAM and TAM	January 18, 2018	[67]
9	Cyle Larin	FW	Beşiktaş	Undisclosed fee, reportedly $2.3 million[68]	January 30, 2018	[15]
18	José Aja	CB	Vancouver Whitecaps	Traded in exchange for TAM	February 24, 2018	[69]
9	Justin Meram	FW	Columbus Crew	Traded for $750k TAM and a 2019 international roster slot	August 3, 2018	[70]

Loans out

No.	Name	Pos.	Loaned To	Notes	Date	Ref.
8	Tony Rocha	MF	Saint Louis FC	Two matches, from April 6 until April 15, 2018	April 6, 2018	[71]
11	Pierre Da Silva	MF		One Match vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Saturday, May 26	May 24, 2018	[72]
15	Cam Lindley	MF
11	Pierre Da Silva	MF		Second loan to Saint Louis FC, ended August 6	July 18, 2018	[73]

Staff

Executive
Majority owner and chairman	Flávio Augusto da Silva
Minor owner/life president	Phil Rawlins
Owner	John Bonner
Chief executive officer	Alex Leitão
General manager	Niki Budalic
Coaching staff
Head coach	James O'Connor
Assistant coach	Daniel Byrd
Assistant coach	Sean McAuley
Assistant coach/academy coordinator	Bobby Murphy
Goalkeeping coach	Thabane Sutu

Competitions

Friendlies

The pre-season schedule was announced on January 16, 2018, outlining five closed-door pre-season friendlies over the course of February.[74] Training camp began on Monday, January 22, for the first of three training sessions before the club traveled to Jacksonville for a 10-day pre-season training camp at Davis Park.[75] The club then relocated back to its training facility at Sylvan Lake Park.[76] A sixth pre-season friendly was played on February 25 against Nashville SC of the United Soccer League.[77]

Jacksonville Dolphins v Orlando City

February 3, 2018	Jacksonville Dolphins	1–4	Orlando City	Jacksonville, Florida
12:00 pm EST	Escobado		Yotún  (pen.) Johnson Kljestan	Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage

Orlando City v Minnesota United FC

February 10, 2018	Orlando City	4–1	Minnesota United FC	Sanford, Florida
10:00 am EST	Johnson Mueller Kljestan		Finlay	Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage

Philadelphia Union v Orlando City

February 14, 2018	Philadelphia Union	1–3	Orlando City	Sanford, Florida
10:00 am EST	Burke	Report	Yotún  (pen.) Allen Mueller	Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage

Orlando City v Real Salt Lake

February 17, 2018	Orlando City	5–2	Real Salt Lake	Sanford, Florida
12:00 pm EST	Kljestan Mueller  (o.g.) Pinho		Plata Silva	Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage

Orlando City v Chicago Fire

February 24, 2018	Orlando City	2–3	Chicago Fire	Orlando, Florida
11:30 am EST	Yotún  (pen.) Yotún Mueller	Report	Nikolić	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage

Orlando City v Nashville SC

February 25, 2018	Orlando City	–	Nashville SC	Orlando, Florida
				Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: Closed-door scrimmage
Note: Closed to the media, no official scoreline released

Major League Soccer

Further information: 2018 Major League Soccer season

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

The opening home match was announced on December 19, 2017,[78] while the remaining MLS schedule was released on January 4, 2018.[79] Outside of the club, there were several changes made throughout the league. The most significant change came via the addition of Los Angeles FC as the 23rd franchise in MLS and 12th member of the Western Conference.[80] Orlando City SC played LAFC for the first time on July 7, 2018.[81]

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	8	4	22	43	74	−31	28	6	4	7	28	30	−2	2	0	15	15	44	−29

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Orlando City v D.C. United

March 3, 2018 1	Orlando City	1–1	D.C. United	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Bendik PS/20' Lindley  31' PC 41' Yotún  81' Pinho  90+3'	Report	Asad  32' Birnbaum  45+1' Mattocks  45+6' DeLeon  47'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Orlando City v Minnesota United FC

March 10, 2018 2	Orlando City	1–2	Minnesota United FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Yotún  42' (PK) Laryea  56'	Report	Finlay  12',  79' Schüller  88' Toye  90+4'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,038 Referee: Sorin Stoica
Note: Former Head Coach Adrian Heath returns to Orlando

New York City FC v Orlando City

March 17, 2018 3	New York City FC	2–0	Orlando City	The Bronx, New York
3:30 p.m.	Wallace  28' Ring  54' Tajouri  62' Moralez  74' McNamara  83'	Report	Higuita  27' Laryea  90'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,584 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Transfer MF Sascha Kljestan is eligible for team sheet; 2-game suspension from 2017 MLS Playoffs ends

Orlando City v New York Red Bulls

March 31, 2018 4	Orlando City	4–3	New York Red Bulls	Orlando, Florida
3:30 p.m.	Johnson  15' Dwyer  26', 48' Sane  54' Colman  86' Yotun  90+1'	Report	Volot  7' Etienne  24' Collin  38' Kaku  54' Long  82'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,913 Referee: Jair Marrufo
Note: Sacha Kljestan, Carlos Rivas and Tommy Redding face their former teams for the first time following a trade involving all three in January

Orlando City v Portland Timbers

April 8, 2018 5	Orlando City	3–2	Portland Timbers	Orlando, Florida
4:00 p.m.	El Monir  28' Mueller  80' Kljestan  82' (PK) Dwyer  87',  90+3'	Report	Blanco  8' Valeri  20' (PK) Tuiloma  59' Gleeson  77'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,601 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Philadelphia Union v Orlando City

April 13, 2018 6	Philadelphia Union	0–2	Orlando City	Chester, Pennsylvania
8:00 p.m. EDT	Real  67' Rosenberry  81'	Report	Dwyer  38',  74' Mueller  45' Bendik  63' El Monir  79'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 16,032 Referee: Chris Penso

Orlando City v San Jose Earthquakes

April 21, 2018 7	Orlando City	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Mueller  2' Kljestan  35' Yotún  65' Dwyer  69'	Report	Jungwirth  78',  90' Quintana  73'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,527 Referee: Ismail Elfath
Note: Adidas Parley for the Oceans campaign; all 23 MLS teams wearing plastic recycled-material kits; Dom Dwyer's 100th career goal

Colorado Rapids v Orlando City

April 29, 2018 8	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Orlando City	Commerce City, Colorado
4:00 p.m.	Badji  26' Boateng  60' Wynne  67' Castillo  68' Martinez  72'	Report	Higuita  52' Yotún  77' (PK) Tarek  87'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,702 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Orlando City v Real Salt Lake

May 6, 2018 9	Orlando City	3–1	Real Salt Lake	Orlando, Florida
5:00 p.m.	Bendik  51' El Monir  59' Dwyer  60' Sané  63' Higuita  74' Yotún  78'	Report	Baird  12'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,258 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Orlando City v Atlanta United

May 13, 2018 10	Orlando City	1–2	Atlanta United	Orlando, Florida
6:00 p.m.	Meram  57' Higuita  20' Bendik  32' Yotún  82' Rosell  88' Johnson  90+4'	Report	Martinez  10' (PK) Barco  31' Villalba  84'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,232 Referee: Alan Kelly

Toronto FC v Orlando City

May 18, 2018 11	Toronto FC	2–1	Orlando City	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8:00 p.m.	Chapman  63' Telfer  87'	Report	Higuita  73' Johnson  84'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 28,009 Referee: Allen Chapman
Note: Joe Bendik becomes first Lions player to play 7,000 minutes

Orlando City v Chicago Fire

May 26, 2018 12	Orlando City	1–2	Chicago Fire	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Higuita  28' El Monir  11' Schuler  40' Rosell  64' Mueller  70' Kljestan  90'	Report	Katai  13' Gordon  82' Ellis  45+1' Adams  89' Kappelhof  90+6'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,288 Referee: Nima Saghafi

New York City FC v Orlando City

June 2, 2018 13	New York City FC	3–0	Orlando City	The Bronx, New York
7:30 p.m.	Tajouri  35',  79' Moralez  77',  87'	Report	Rosell  78' Johnson  86'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 22,103 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Note: First of four road games (including one U.S. Open Cup match) in the span of 12 days

Vancouver Whitecaps v Orlando City

June 9, 2018 14	Vancouver Whitecaps	5–2	Orlando City	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
10:00 p.m.	Shea  33' Kamara  36' Aja  70' Davies  76' Reyna  87' Mezquida  90'	Report	Johnson  12' El Monir  27'  58' Higuita  45' Allen  50' Kljestan  64' Dwyer  90+4'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

Montreal Impact v Orlando City

June 13, 2018 15	Montreal Impact	3–0	Orlando City	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7:30 p.m.	Piatti  5' (PK),  90+2' Tarek  55' (o.g.)	Report	Dwyer  17' Higuita  19' Rosell  49'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 15,621 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Orlando City v Montreal Impact

June 23, 2018 16	Orlando City	0–2	Montreal Impact	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Kljestan  58'	Report	Sané  55' (o.g.) Piatti  84'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,498 Referee: Drew Fischer

Atlanta United v Orlando City

June 30, 2018 17	Atlanta United	4–0	Orlando City	Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 p.m.	Martínez 3' Almirón  55',  78' Barco 57'	Report	Johnson 19'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 71,932 Referee: Armando Villarreal
Note: Supporters' groups "Iron Lion Firm" & "The Ruckus" banned from next two matches in Atlanta due to "alleged" inappropriate behavior through 2019 season.

Los Angeles FC v Orlando City

July 7, 2018 18	Los Angeles FC	4–1	Orlando City	Los Angeles, California
4:30 p.m.	Diomande 28',  82' Blessing 32' Rossi 84' Ciman 90+1'	Report	Kljestan 59' Allen 61' Rosell 81'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Chris Penso
Note: New expansion club for MLS in 2018. James O'Connor's first game in charge of Orlando.

Orlando City v Toronto FC

July 14, 2018 19	Orlando City	2–1	Toronto FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Schuler  6',  34' Dwyer  48'	Report	Chapman  55' Bradley  67' Zavaleta  55' Hagglund  90+4'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,420 Referee: Allen Chapman

Columbus Crew v Orlando City

July 21, 2018 20	Columbus Crew	3–2	Orlando City	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 p.m.	Jonathan 26' Zardes 51', 88' Santos  84' Trapp 90+2' Williams  90+5'	Report	Kljestan 16',  43' Schuler 26' Pinho 58' El-Munir 87' Yotún 90+3'	Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 14,052 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Orlando City v New York City FC

July 26, 2018 21	Orlando City	0–2	New York City FC	Orlando, Florida
8:00 p.m.	Dwyer  44' Higuita  62' O'Neill  83'	Report	Morález  40' Tinnerholm  45+1' McNamara  58' Johnson 87' Ring  90+5'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,790 Referee: Robert Sibiga

LA Galaxy v Orlando City

July 29, 2018 22	LA Galaxy	4–3	Orlando City	Carson, California
9:30 p.m.	Ciani  8' Giovani  39' Ibrahimović  47', 67', 71',  72'	Report	Higuita  18' Ciani  44' (o.g.) Rocha  48' Dwyer  54'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,941 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Orlando City v New England Revolution

August 4, 2018 23	Orlando City	3–3	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	PC  6' Kljestan  39' Dwyer  45', 90+4' Tarek  71' Sutter  90+3' Yotún  90+8'	Report	Agudelo  7' Penilla  18' Bye  38' Bunbury  76'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,879 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

D.C. United v Orlando City

August 12, 2018 24	D.C. United	3–2	Orlando City	Washington, D.C.
6:00 p.m.	Acosta  45+4', 64', 90+6',  90+6' Birnbaum  49'	Report	Ousted  50' (o.g) Higuita  55' Dwyer  71' Tarek  86'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,020 Referee: José Carlos Rivero
Note: Orlando's first visit to newly opened Audi Field.

Orlando City v Atlanta United

August 24, 2018 25	Orlando City	1–2	Atlanta United	Orlando, Florida
8:00 p.m.	Sutter  39' Johnson  60' Rosell  86' Spector  90+3'	Report	González Pirez  21' Martínez  74',  75'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,058 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Orlando City v Philadelphia Union

September 1, 2018 26	Orlando City	2–2	Philadelphia Union	Orlando, Florida
8:00 p.m.	Dwyer  9' Sutter  90+1'	Report	Burke  32' Picault  88' Bedoya  89' Jones  90+5'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,912 Referee: Chris Penso

Sporting Kansas City v Orlando City

September 8, 2018 27	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Orlando City	Kansas City, Kansas
8:30 p.m.	Gutiérrez  53'	Report	Mueller  38' Johnson  42'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,332 Referee: Alan Kelly

Chicago Fire v Orlando City

September 16, 2018 28	Chicago Fire	4–0	Orlando City	Bridgeview, Illinois
5:00 p.m.	Nikolic  3', 70' Katai  28',  58' de Leeuw  56'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,287 Referee: Allen Chapman

Orlando City v Houston Dynamo

September 22, 2018 29	Orlando City	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Spector  24' Ascues  73' Dwyer  90+1' Yotun  90+4'	Report	Wenger  33'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,723 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

FC Dallas v Orlando City

October 6, 2018 30	FC Dallas	2–0	Orlando City	Frisco, Texas
8:00 p.m.	Cannon  27' Gruezo  28' Mosquera  63' Ulloa  69'	Report	Dwyer  7' Yotún  35'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,519 Referee: Nima Saghafi

New England Revolution v Orlando City

October 13, 2018 31	New England Revolution	2–0	Orlando City	Foxboro, Massachusetts
7:30 p.m.	Penilla  51' Fagundez  55'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 19,775 Referee: Dave Gantar

Orlando City v Seattle Sounders

October 17, 2018 32	Orlando City	1–2	Seattle Sounders	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Dwyer  57' Ascues  90+2'	Report	Rodríguez  3' Bwana  13' Delem  78' A. Roldan  90+5'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,344 Referee: Mark Geiger

Orlando City v Columbus Crew

October 21, 2018 33	Orlando City	2–1	Columbus Crew	Orlando, Florida
	Dwyer  37' Yotún  57' (PK) Kljestan  90+6' (PK)	Report	Mensah  33' Higuaín  54'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,642 Referee: Kevin Stott

New York Red Bulls v Orlando City

October 28, 2018 34	New York Red Bulls	1–0	Orlando City	Harrison, New Jersey
4:30 p.m.	Etienne  53' Muyl  74'	Report	Dwyer  45'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,023 Referee: Ismail Elfath
Note: Decision Day 2018; all matches start at 4:30 pm. EST

Standings

Eastern Conference table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Montreal Impact	34	14	16	4	47	53	−6	46
8	New England Revolution	34	10	13	11	49	55	−6	41
9	Toronto FC	34	10	18	6	59	64	−5	36
10	Chicago Fire	34	8	18	8	48	61	−13	32
11	Orlando City SC	34	8	22	4	43	74	−31	28

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 goal differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
19	Toronto FC	34	10	18	6	59	64	−5	36	2019 CONCACAF Champions League
20	Chicago Fire	34	8	18	8	48	61	−13	32
21	Colorado Rapids	34	8	19	7	36	63	−27	31
22	Orlando City SC	34	8	22	4	43	74	−31	28
23	San Jose Earthquakes	34	4	21	9	49	71	−22	21

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
Notes:

1. CONCACAF Champions League
   Selection procedure

   • Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[82] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2018 season, the following teams qualified:
     1. The winner of MLS Cup 2018 (Atlanta United FC);
        
     2. The winner of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup (Houston Dynamo)
        
     Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters' Shield werw not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
     One Canada-based team qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
     1. The winner of the 2018 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

U.S. Open Cup

After the fourth round draw was held on May 24, Orlando City entered the 105th edition of the U.S. Open Cup on the road in South Florida, against Miami FC on June 6.[83]

Bracket

Fourth Round June 5–6

Round of 16 June 15–20

Quarterfinals July 18

Semifinals August 8

Final September 26

MLS

Houston Dynamo

5

LQ

NTX Rayados

0

MLS

Houston Dynamo

1

MLS

Minnesota United FC

0

USL

FC Cincinnati

0(1)

MLS

Minnesota United FC

0(3)

MLS

Houston Dynamo

4

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

2

MLS

Real Salt Lake

0

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

2

MLS

Sporting Kansas City

3

MLS

FC Dallas

2

USL

San Antonio FC

0

MLS

FC Dallas

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

3(7)

MLS

Los Angeles FC

3(6)

MLS

Los Angeles FC

2

USL

Fresno FC

0

MLS

Los Angeles FC

3

USL

Sacramento Republic FC

2

USL

Sacramento Republic FC

2*

MLS

Seattle Sounders FC

1

MLS

Los Angeles FC

3

MLS

Portland Timbers

2

MLS

Portland Timbers

2

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

0

MLS

Portland Timbers

1

MLS

LA Galaxy

0

MLS

LA Galaxy

3

PDL

FC Golden State Force

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

3

MLS

Philadelphia Union

0

MLS

Philadelphia Union

5

USL

Richmond Kickers

0

MLS

Philadelphia Union

2

MLS

New York Red Bulls

1

MLS

New York Red Bulls

4

MLS

New York City FC

0

MLS

Philadelphia Union

1

MLS

Orlando City SC

0

MLS

D.C. United

1(4)

USL

North Carolina FC

1(3)

MLS

D.C. United

1(2)

MLS

Orlando City SC

1(4)

NPSL

Miami United FC

0

MLS

Orlando City SC

3

MLS

Philadelphia Union

3

MLS

Chicago Fire

0

MLS

Atlanta United FC

3

USL

Charleston Battery

0

MLS

Atlanta United FC

0

MLS

Chicago Fire

1

MLS

Columbus Crew SC

2(9)

MLS

Chicago Fire

2(10)

MLS

Chicago Fire

4

USL

Louisville City FC

0

USL

Louisville City FC

3

MLS

New England Revolution

2

USL

Louisville City FC

2

USL

Nashville SC

1

USL

Nashville SC

2

MLS

Colorado Rapids

0

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

Miami United FC v Orlando City

June 6 Fourth round	Miami United FC	0–3	Orlando City	Hialeah, Florida
7:00 pm EDT	Shamar  45' Schenfeld  51' Tejera  68' Domingues  70'	Report	El Monir  33' Pinho  37' Powers  53' PC  62',  73'	Stadium: Ted Hendricks Stadium Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

D.C. United v Orlando City

June 20 Round of 16	D.C. United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Orlando City	Germantown, Maryland
7:00 pm EDT	Acosta  10' Fisher  24' Durkin  52'  99'	Report	Meram  17' El-Munir  116' Mueller  117'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,254 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
	Penalties
	Asad Acosta Harkes Mullins		Johnson Kljestan Mueller Villarreal Colmán

Philadelphia Union v Orlando City

July 18 Quarterfinals	Philadelphia Union	1–0	Orlando City	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 pm EDT	Bedoya  4'	Report	Toia  85' Johnson  17'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 7,176 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Squad statistics

Main article: List of Orlando City SC records and statistics

Appearances

As of matches played October 28, 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		Open Cup		Total
			Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK	Joe Bendik	25	24	0	0	25	24
2	CB	Jonathan Spector	13	13	2	2	15	15
3	CB	Amro Tarek	20	19	2	2	22	21
4	MF	Will Johnson	29	26	3	1	32	27
5	MF	Dillon Powers	3	0	2	1	5	1
6	AM	Richie Laryea	9	2	0	0	9	2
7	DM	Cristian Higuita	21	18	1	1	22	19
8	CM	Tony Rocha	12	9	1	1	13	10
9	FW	Justin Meram	17	14	1	1	18	15
10	MF	Josué Colmán	24	10	3	2	27	12
11	MF	Pierre Da Silva	2	0	0	0	2	0
12	CB	Shane O’Neill	13	13	1	1	14	14
13	LB	Mohamed El Monir	26	22	3	3	29	25
14	FW	Dom Dwyer	26	25	1	1	27	26
15	MF	Cameron Lindley	3	3	1	0	4	3
16	CAM	Sacha Kljestan	30	29	3	3	33	32
17	FW	Chris Mueller	32	23	2	2	34	25
19	MF	Yoshimar Yotún	22	22	0	0	22	22
20	DM	Uri Rosell	22	18	2	2	24	20
21	RB	Scott Sutter	19	18	0	0	19	18
22	CB	Lamine Sané	16	15	1	1	17	16
25	LB	Donny Toia	4	3	1	1	5	4
26	CB	Carlos Ascues	9	9	0	0	9	9
27	RB	R. J. Allen	18	10	2	2	20	12
28	CB	Chris Schuler	9	8	1	0	10	8
29	FW	Stefano Pinho	23	5	3	2	26	7
33	MF	Jose Villarreal	3	0	2	0	5	0
36	GK	Earl Edwards Jr.	5	5	3	3	8	8
94	LB	Victor "PC" Giro	8	5	1	1	9	6
99	GK	Adam Grinwis	5	5	0	0	5	5

Goalscorers

As of matches played October 28, 2018

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	MLS	Open Cup	Total
1	FW	14	Dom Dwyer	13	0	13
2	MF	16	Sacha Kljestan	6	0	6
3	MF	7	Cristian Higuita	4	0	4
	MF	19	Yoshimar Yotún	4	0	4
5	FW	17	Chris Mueller	3	0	3
	RB	21	Scott Sutter	3	0	3
	FW	29	Stefano Pinho	2	1	3
8	MF	9	Justin Meram	1	1	2
9	MF	4	Will Johnson	1	0	1
	MF	10	Josué Colmán	1	0	1
	CB	22	Lamine Sané	1	0	1
	CB	28	Chris Schuler	1	0	1
	CB	3	Amro Tarek	1	0	1
	MF	5	Dillon Powers	0	1	1
	LB	94	PC	0	1	1
Own Goals				2	0	2
Total				43	4	47

Shutouts

As of matches played October 28, 2018

Rank	No.	Name	MLS	Open Cup	Total
1	1	Joe Bendik	1	0	1
	99	Adam Grinwis	1	0	1
	36	Earl Edwards Jr.	0	1	1
Total			2	1	3

Disciplinary record

As of matches played October 28, 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		Open Cup		Total
1	GK	Joe Bendik	3	0	0	0	3	0
2	CB	Jonathan Spector	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	CB	Amro Tarek	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	Will Johnson	7	0	1	0	8	0
6	MF	Richie Laryea	2	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	Cristian Higuita	6	1	0	0	6	1
8	MF	Tony Rocha	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	CB	Shane O’Neill	0	1	0	0	0	1
13	LB	Mohamed El Monir	6	1	2	0	8	1
14	FW	Dom Dwyer	9	0	0	0	9	0
15	MF	Cam Lindley	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Sacha Kljestan	4	0	0	0	4	0
17	FW	Chris Mueller	2	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	Yoshimar Yotún	8	1	0	0	8	1
20	MF	Uri Rosell	6	0	0	0	6	0
22	CB	Lamine Sané	1	0	0	0	1	0
25	LB	Donny Toia	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	CB	Carlos Ascues	2	0	0	0	2	0
27	RB	R. J. Allen	2	0	0	0	2	0
28	CB	Chris Schuler	3	0	0	0	3	0
94	LB	PC	1	1	1	0	2	1
Total			68	5	6	0	74	5

Broadcasting

Orlando City will be featured on national television 13 times during the 2018 season, while all remaining matches will be televised locally on WRDQ.[84] Six of the nationally televised games will be shown on ESPN, tied with three other clubs for the most appearances.[85] Additionally, certain matches will be streamed live on Twitter following the announcement of a three-year agreement between Major League Soccer and the social networking service.[86][87] In May 2018, the club announced a deal it had made with YouTube TV in which all of its locally televised matches would be streamed live through the subscription service.[88]

English-language radio will be split between WTKS 104.1 and WYGM 740 AM/96.9 FM/101.1-2 HD for the 2018 season, with WYGM airing 18 regular-season matches and WTKS airing 14 regular-season matches.[89] Spanish-language radio broadcasts will be conducted on WDYZ 990 AM.[90]

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