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Associated Press
30-05-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Orlando City takes on the Chicago Fire in conference matchup
Chicago Fire (5-5-4, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando City SC (7-3-6, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando, Florida; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orlando City SC -153, Chicago +369, Draw +298; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City and the Chicago Fire meet in Eastern Conference play. Orlando is 5-3-6 in Eastern Conference games. Orlando ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference allowing just 19 goals. The Fire are 3-4-4 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Fire rank seventh in the Eastern Conference with 25 goals led by Hugo Cuypers with eight. The matchup Saturday is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The last meeting ended tied 0-0. TOP PERFORMERS: Martin Ojeda has scored eight goals and added four assists for Orlando. Cesar Araujo has one goal and two assists over the last 10 games. Cuypers has eight goals and one assist for the Fire. Philip Zinckernagel has five goals and three assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Orlando: 4-1-5, averaging 1.5 goals, 5.0 shots on goal and 3.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.7 goals per game. Fire: 3-4-3, averaging 1.6 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Orlando: Gustavo Caraballo (injured), Nicolas Santiago Rodriguez Calderon (injured), Eduard Atuesta (injured). Fire: David Poreba (injured), Chase Gasper (injured), Carlos Teran (injured), Chris Mueller (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MLS LIVE: Orlando City are off to a flyer in Atlanta!
A rare midweek fixture list returns tonight with a full program of MLS action. As thirteen matches are set to go ahead this evening from 7:30 pm EST onward, stay with us here for another MLS Live Blog from start to finish. 📸 Photo Credit: © Caean Couto | 2025 May 24-Imagn ImagesCheck back in for regular updates all night long! 2025-05-28T23:46:46Z THE START THEY WERE DREAMING OF! Orlando City gets on the board inside just two minutes with a pinpoint strike from range by Cesar Araujo, leaving Braz Guzan with no chance. The Benz has been stunned! What a shot 🚀César Araújo puts @OrlandoCitySC ahead early in the ATL — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 28, 2025 2025-05-28T21:09:11Z Some key questions and talking points surrounding tonight's action: Can San Diego remain the best side on the West cast? Will Telasco Segovia remain hot for a struggling Inter Miami side? How Nashville's unexpected charge is proving B.J Callaghan's value Is Portland capable of rediscovering their goalscoring touch? Midweek madness. 🤪Watch with #MLSSeasonPass on @AppleTV: — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 28, 2025
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lionel Messi speaks after latest Inter Miami loss, says reeling team must stick together
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) comes under pressure from Orlando City defender Robin Jansson (6) and midfielder Cesar Araujo (5) during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Lionel Messi isn't happy right now. After Inter Miami was routed 3-0 by Orlando on Sunday night and fell to 1-5-1 in its last seven matches across all competitions, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and 2022 World Cup champion — who rarely gives interviews after matches — told Apple TV that it's imperative for the team to stick together. Advertisement 'It's a difficult time, but we're going to come through this,' Messi said in Spanish. 'Now we'll really see if we're a team. These are difficult times. When everything is going well it's very easy, but when difficult times come — like now — we have to be more united than ever, be a real team, and get through it.' Inter Miami fell to 6-3-4 in Major League Soccer this season, sixth in the Eastern Conference. Messi's team set an MLS record for best regular-season mark a year ago, going 22-4-8 — finishing with the most points and top winning percentage in league history. The four regular-season losses tied a league mark for the fewest in a season. But this season looks nothing like the way last season went. 'We're coming off a period of bad results,' Messi said. 'But we have to keep working and think about what's next. With three or four games left in May, we (have to) finish the best possible way to be able to face the Club World Cup.' Advertisement That tournament starts June 14. It's the next big event on Inter Miami's calendar — but there may be some other news in the interim, with coach Javier Mascherano, in a separate Apple TV interview before the match, hinting that the team and Messi may be together longer than first thought. Messi — who came to the club on a 2 1/2-year deal — is only under contract through the end of this MLS season, though the team has made clear it wants him around through at least 2026, when it plans to move into its long-awaited new stadium near Miami International Airport. The team signed one of Messi's longtime Barcelona and Miami teammates, Jordi Alba, through 2027 last week in what seemed like a sign that keeping Messi may be possible. "Hopefully in a few weeks we can have some news about Leo,' Mascherano said. 'I think it will be very, very important for the club, the fans, and for MLS.' ___ AP MLS:
