{"id":324779,"date":"2026-06-30T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324779\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:58:25","slug":"match-report-orlando-city-b-splits-points-with-columbus-crew-2-in-2-2-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324779\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report: Orlando City B Splits Points with Columbus Crew 2 in 2-2 Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KISSIMMEE, Fla. (June 28, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B (7-4-5, 29 points)\u00a0played Columbus Crew 2 (9-4-4, 34 points) to a 2-2 draw Sunday evening at Osceola Heritage Park. Columbus earned the extra point in the end-of-regulation shootout, converting five attempts to the Lions\u2019 four.  <\/p>\n<p>Following a two-hour rain delay, both sides generated early\u00a0chances\u00a0but neither broke through as the match remained scoreless in the opening stages.  <\/p>\n<p>Columbus opened the scoring in the 37th minute when Johann Chirinos capitalized on a turnover in the Lions\u2019 defensive half. Chirinos slotted a bouncing ball into the net off a tackle by teammate Zach Zengue to give the visitors a 1-0 lead at halftime.  <\/p>\n<p>The Lions equalized in the 67th minute as Justin Hylton powered home a rebound off a strike from Ignacio Gomez. Six minutes later, Hylton gave Orlando City B the lead, finishing another rebound from Logan Tsapanoglou\u2019s attempt to make it 2-1.  <\/p>\n<p>The goals marked the 18-year-old Hylton\u2019s first career brace and his second and third goals of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season. He joins Gustavo Caraballo and Pedro Le\u00e3o as the only Lions with braces this season.  <\/p>\n<p>Columbus equalized in the 89th minute when K\u00e9vin Gbambl\u00e9 finished a through ball from Nico Rinc\u00f3n, pulling the visitors level and forcing the end-of regulation shootout.  <\/p>\n<p>Orlando City B opens a three-match road trip Sunday, July 5, traveling to face Crown Legacy FC at Mecklenburg County Sportsplex at Matthews at 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando City B will\u00a0return to Central Florida to take on\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0Union II\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday, June\u00a021, at\u00a0Osceola Heritage Park\u00a0(7\u00a0p.m. ET |\u00a0OneFootball, MLSNEXTPro.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KISSIMMEE, Fla. (June 28, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B (7-4-5, 29 points)\u00a0played Columbus Crew 2 (9-4-4, 34 points) to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128420,111891,7703,83931,105558,46878,4789,115,139,18312,141,140,133034,105777,105778],"class_list":["post-324779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-caleb-trombino","tag-clovis-archange","tag-gustavo-caraballo","tag-harvey-sarajian","tag-ignacio-gomez","tag-justin-hylton","tag-match-report","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsclb-06-28-2026","tag-pedro-leao","tag-titus-sandy-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324779","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=324779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}