Milestones, storylines and more ahead of the Lions Leagues Cup match vs. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis:<\/p>\n
\n Milestones<\/p>\n
–\u00a0Eduard Atuesta\u2019s next appearance will be his 50th in all competitions for Orlando City.<\/p>\n
– Iv\u00e1n Angulo is one assist away from becoming the third player in club history to reach 40 assists in all competitions for Orlando City.<\/p>\n
– Daryl Dike\u2019s next goal will be his 20th for Orlando City, making him the 11th player in club history to reach that milestone. Dike is two goals away from regaining a spot in the top 10 \u2013 he would tie former teammate Tesho Akindele with 21.<\/p>\n
– Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107 is two goals away from 20 for the club, one behind Dike.<\/p>\n
\n Stats & Storylines<\/p>\n
– Orlando City fell 2-1 to Club Le\u00f3n this past weekend, putting itself in a difficult position to qualify for the Leagues Cup knockout phase. On the plus side, Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107 made his first start since May 16 and scored with his patented left foot, adding yet another weapon to Mart\u00edn Perelman\u2019s arsenal of attackers. Orlando has scored 36 times in its last 14 games, with an 8W-5L-1D record in that span.<\/p>\n
– Tyrese Spicer was at it again, assisting Pa\u0161ali\u0107\u2019s goal for his fourth straight game with a goal contribution. Spicer has 3g\/3a in his past four matches and is up to 8g\/7a in just 1141 minutes across 30 games (nine starts) for Orlando City. Leagues Cup does not count secondary assists, or Antoine Griezmann would have added one to his total as well.<\/p>\n
– Maxime Cr\u00e9peau continued to shine in net, making eight saves against Le\u00f3n and keeping Orlando in the game. Cr\u00e9peau has saved 24 of 30 shots on target for an .800 save percentage in six matches since starring for Canada at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
– Orlando is in the midst of a lengthy homestand that spans the first three weeks of August. The Lions play six matches at Inter.co Stadium in an 18-day span, with this final Leagues Cup Phase One game against Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis followed by three consecutive MLS matches against Cincinnati (8\/15), Chicago (8\/19) and Real Salt Lake (8\/22).<\/p>\n
– Le\u00f3n became just the third Liga MX team to defeat Orlando City without a penalty-kick shootout and the first since Tigres UANL in the CONCACAF Champions Cup in March 2024. Orlando\u2019s last home defeat to a Liga MX club was its first match ever against Mexican competition, a 1-0 loss to Santos Laguna in August 2021.<\/p>\n
\n Series History<\/p>\n
All-time vs. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis – 0-0-1, 0 GD (0-0-1 home)<\/p>\n
\n Meet the opponent: Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis<\/p>\n
– Unlike C.F. Monterrey and Club Le\u00f3n, Orlando City has faced Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis before, playing Atl\u00e9ti to a 1-1 draw in the Leagues Cup 2024 group stage. The Lions would go on to win the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 to earn the extra point and top the group. Of the five Orlando City players to score their penalty kicks, only Wilder Cartagena remains on the active roster.<\/p>\n
– San Luis has been eliminated from quarterfinal contention at the 2026 Leagues Cup following two lopsided defeats at Inter Miami (4-2) and Nashville SC (4-1). Spanish left winger Rafa Llorente has been a bright spot, scoring in each of the two games for Atl\u00e9ti. Llorente has four goals in five games between Leagues Cup and the Liga MX Apertura since signing this June from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u2019s reserve team in Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis is owned by Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid, hence the similar naming convention and familiar red-and-blue color scheme. The Spanish giants also share a connection with Orlando City, having sent club legend Antoine Griezmann to the Lions just last month. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis began play in 2013 and came under Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\u2019s umbrella in 2017. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis was preceded in San Luis Potos\u00ed by San Luis FC, which lasted from 1957 until relocating to Tuxtla Guti\u00e9rrez as Chiapas FC in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milestones, storylines and more ahead of the Lions Leagues Cup match vs. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis: Milestones –\u00a0Eduard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147873,4787,115,139,4786,141,140,149304,7697],"class_list":["post-369404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-2026-leagues-cup","tag-matchday","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsasl-08-12-2026","tag-the-road-ahead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369404","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=369404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}