Orlando City SC roared back against FC Cincinnati after Darren Mattocks scored the opening goal in the 34th minute. Tesho Akindele scored two, Nani scored two, and Dom Dwyer added insult to injury by adding a fifth in the 82nd minute. The Orange & Blue drop their eighth game out of 13, and fall from 11th to the bottom spot in the Eastern Conference.
Additionally, Greg Garza left the match in the 7th minute with an apparently severe calf injury.
Orlando City SC 5, FC Cincinnati 1
Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, Fla.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
SCORING SUMMARY
CIN – Darren Mattocks (Eric Alexander) 24’
ORL – Tesho Akindele (Will Johnson, João Moutinho) 37’
ORL – Nani (unassisted) 50’
ORL – Nani (Ruan) 59’
ORL – Tesho Akindele (unassisted) 64’
ORL – Dom Dwyer (Josué Colmán) 82’
FC Cincinnati: Spencer Richey, Mathieu Deplagne, Justin Hoyte, Kendall Waston ©, Greg Garza (Alvas Powell 10’), Eric Alexander, Victor Ulloa, Frankie Amaya, Emmanuel Ledesma, Kekuta Manneh (Kenny Saief 65’), Darren Mattocks (Fanendo Adi 64’)
Bench: Przemysław Tytoń, Nick Hagglund, Nazmi Albadawi, Caleb Stanko
Stats: Shots 5, Shots on goal 3, Saves 4, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 1, Fouls 13, Possession 38.9%, Passes 351 (83.5%)
Orlando City SC: Brian Rowe, Ruan, Lamine Sané, Robin Jansson, Sebastián Méndez, Will Johnson, João Moutinho, Cristian Higuita (Josué Colmán 78’), Nani (Dom Dwyer 66’), Chris Mueller (Benji Michel 85’), Tesho Akindele
Bench: Greg Ranjitsingh, Kyle Smith, Kamal Miller, Oriol Rosell
Stats: Shots 17, Shots on goal 9, Saves 2, Corner kicks 11, Offsides 0, Fouls 9, Possession 61.1%, Passes 547 (88.8%)
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
ORL – Will Johnson (caution) 43’
ORL – Sebastián Méndez (caution) 45’+4’
CIN – Alvas Powell (caution) 45’+6’
CIN – Victor Ulloa (caution) 71’
ORL – Dom Dwyer (caution) 74’
CIN – Frankie Amaya (caution) 75’
CIN – Emmanuel Ledesma (caution) 87’
REF: Nima Saghafi
AR: Eduardo Mariscal, Chris Elliott
4TH: Luis Guardia
VAR: Geoff Gamble
AVAR: Eric Weisbrod
Weather: 90 degrees and sunny
Attendance: 22,341 (reported)