HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (July 12, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City B (8-4-6, 33 points) defeated FC Cincinnati 2 (4-12-1, 14 points) 2-1 on Sunday night at NKU Soccer Stadium in the second match of the club’s three-game road trip.\u00a0The victory marked the Lions’ first three-point result since a 3-2 win over Carolina Core FC on June 7 at Osceola Heritage Park. <\/p>\n
Orlando City B opened the scoring in the 16th minute when midfielder Issah Haruna ran onto a long ball from goalkeeper Juan Rojas and slotted a left-footed finish into the bottom-right corner. The goal was Haruna’s third of the season and his fifth goal contribution of 2026, bringing his totals to three goals and two assists. <\/p>\n
The play also produced a milestone for Rojas, who recorded the first assist of his professional career. It marked the first assist by an Orlando City B goalkeeper since the club competed in USL in 2016. <\/p>\n
Haruna’s strike gave the Lions a 1-0 lead at halftime and their first\u00a0opening-half goal since Pedro Le\u00e3o converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time during Orlando City B’s victory over Carolina Core FC on June 7. <\/p>\n
FC Cincinnati 2 equalized in the 63rd minute when Deiver Mosquera dribbled through the Orlando City B defense and fired a shot into the upper-left corner. <\/p>\n
The Lions regained the lead in the 75th minute through 16-year-old Orlando City Academy product Matthew Belgodere. After receiving a pass from Orlando City SC midfielder Gustavo Caraballo, Belgodere cut onto his right foot and finished for the eventual game-winner. The goal was Belgodere’s third as a professional, while Caraballo recorded his fourth assist of the season, matching his total from the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro campaign.<\/p>\n
Orlando City B will close out its three-match road trip on Saturday, July 18, against Chattanooga FC. Kickoff from Finley Stadium is set for 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (July 12, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City B (8-4-6, 33 points) defeated FC Cincinnati 2 (4-12-1, 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[86790,128420,138915,7703,139237,117318,4789,111892,115,139,18312,141,140,105777,9650],"class_list":["post-338579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-bernardo-santos-rhein-goncalves","tag-caleb-trombino","tag-cinvsorl-07-12-2026","tag-gustavo-caraballo","tag-issah-haruna","tag-landon-okonski","tag-match-report","tag-matthew-belgodere","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pedro-leao","tag-tahir-reid-brown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338579","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=338579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}