Orlando City heads to Canada looking to secure back-to-back MLS victories for the first time this season after a stunning 4-3 comeback win over Inter Miami.<\/p>\n
The Lions (3-7-1, 10 points) take on CF Montreal (3-7-0, 9 points) at Stade Saputo on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mood is good. Of course, happy for the victory, but as well knowing that it\u2019s over, we rest after the game, because we came from a tough calendar,\u201d Orlando interim head coach Mart\u00edn Perelman said. \u201cWe\u2019re working again and working hard as always, because we want to finish the best as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Orlando trailed Miami 3-0 early, plagued by the same defensive lapses that have defined its season so far. But Mart\u00edn Ojeda pulled a goal back before halftime and completed a hat trick in the second half to seal the improbable comeback.<\/p>\n
The Lions have scored multiple goals in four consecutive games across all competitions. They now face a Montreal side they defeated 2-1 earlier this season, featuring a defense that has conceded 23 goals in 10 games. Orlando knows it can score, and the team is prepared to take the game to Montreal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe trust, we trust, and we work, we work, and we need to still [keep] working, because we have a lot of things to fix, a lot of things to improve,\u201d Orlando midfielder Eduard Atuesta said. \u201cWe still have a lot of room, a lot of space to arrive at the roof that we want to arrive. So that\u2019s good for us at these moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the offensive surge, Orlando remains vulnerable defensively. The Lions are conceding a league-worst 2.91 goals per game and have yet to keep a clean sheet in MLS play. Montreal has won two consecutive home matches after previously going winless in 18, providing a serious threat to Orlando\u2019s inconsistent backline.<\/p>\n
Following the trip to Montreal, Orlando returns home to host the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City heads to Canada looking to secure back-to-back MLS victories for the first time this season after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,1335,139,4788,141,140,2062,76046,110],"class_list":["post-263664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-florida","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-soccer","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}