Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s Leagues Cup matchup against Club Le\u00f3n:<\/p>\n
\n First at Inter.co Stadium\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
2018 FIFA World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in Orlando City\u2019s win over C.F. Monterrey, volleying in a Tyrese Spicer cross at the near post for his first goal at Inter.co Stadium. The French international\u2019s finish was his second across all competitions since his summer arrival from Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid and helped lead the Lions to their first win of Leagues Cup 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Mild, Medium and Spicer\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tyrese Spicer continued his strong run of form in Orlando City\u2019s\u00a02-1\u00a0Leagues Cup\u00a0win over C.F. Monterrey,\u00a0assisting\u00a0Griezmann\u2019s opening goal before earning and converting a second-half penalty\u00a0kick\u00a0to double the Lions\u2019 advantage. The forward has tallied five goal contributions, three goals and two assists, over Orlando City\u2019s last three matches across all competitions. His six goals in all competitions rank second on the team behind\u00a0Designated Player\u00a0Mart\u00edn Ojeda\u00a0(11).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n A Tale of Two Lions\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lions\u2019 matchup with Club Le\u00f3n will mark the first meeting between the two clubs, with Orlando City set to face Liga MX opposition for the 14th time across all competitions. Orlando City enters the match following a 2-1 win over C.F. Monterrey in its Leagues Cup 2026 opener and owns a 4W-2L-7D\u00a0record against Mexican clubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Familiar Face in Purple\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daryl Dike made his first appearance for Orlando City since rejoining the club this summer, marking his first match for the Lions since the\u00a0Audi\u00a02021 MLS Cup Playoffs after\u00a0a\u00a0move to West Bromwich Albion\u00a0F.C.\u00a0in January 2022. The forward scored 19 goals and added seven assists in 41 appearances across all competitions during his first stint with Orlando, including a team-leading 11 goals in 2021\u00a0across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Back in the Fold\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Designated Player\u00a0Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107 made his first appearance for Orlando City since the club\u2019s May 23 match against FC Cincinnati, entering as a second-half substitute against C.F. Monterrey. The Croatian international, who\u00a0represented\u00a0his country at the\u00a0FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, has recorded two goals in 11 appearances across all competitions this season and 17 goals across all competitions since joining the Lions ahead of their\u00a02025 campaign.<\/p>\n
\n Milestone Tracker\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Mart\u00edn Ojeda needs three goals to tie Facundo Torres\u2019 club record of 47 across all competitions. Ojeda is also five assists from matching Mauricio Pereyra\u2019s club record of 47.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Iv\u00e1n Angulo is one assist away from becoming the third player in club history to reach 40 assists across all competitions for Orlando City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Eduard Atuesta\u2019s next appearance will be his 50th across all competitions for Orlando City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s Leagues Cup matchup against Club Le\u00f3n: First at Inter.co Stadium\u00a0\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147873,47194,117174,32014,32007,7700,4792,115,139,4786,4788,141,140,147995,7702,9017],"class_list":["post-366204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-2026-leagues-cup","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-daryl-dike","tag-eduard-atuesta","tag-ivan-angulo","tag-marco-pasalic","tag-martin-ojeda","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsleo-08-08-2026","tag-tyrese-spicer","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366204","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=366204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}