10th in Eastern Conference
\n20 points (6W-10L-2D)<\/p>\n
Despite not reaching the Leagues Cup<\/a> knockout stages, Orlando picked up two positive results during Phase One: a\u00a02-1 win<\/a> over CF Monterrey and a penalty-kick triumph vs. Atl\u00e9tico de San Luis following a 2-2 draw<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Griezmann & Co. will hope to keep the good vibes going as they continue their climb toward the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n Antoine Griezmann: The 2018 FIFA World Cup<\/a> winner has 2g\/1a in his first six games since joining Orlando from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. Griezmann arrived with a bang last month, leading Orlando to eye-popping wins over the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> (4-0<\/a>) and Supporters’ Shield-leading Nashville SC<\/a> (1-0<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n They’ve since cooled off, going 1W-2L-1D in their last four games across all competitions.\u00a0Now, a statement performance during their return to league action would give Orlando a much-needed confidence boost.<\/p>\n 6th in Eastern Conference FC Cincinnati fell short of the Leagues Cup quarterfinals, losing 2-1<\/a> vs. Atlas in their final Phase One match.<\/p>\n The result followed wins over Pachuca (3-1<\/a>) and Pumas UNAM (2-0<\/a>) that showed the Orange & Blue’s quality against LIGA MX teams.<\/p>\n Evander: The Brazilian maestro is arguably in the finest form of his career, producing 11g\/11a in his last 11 games across all competitions.\u00a0 Evander is showing why he’s a perennial Landon Donovan MLS MVP candidate, seemingly scoring a long-range golazo every week.<\/p>\n The Brazilian No. 10 has a league-leading 22 goal contributions, alongside a league-best 11 assists and 54 key passes.<\/p>\n Orlando City are given the edge at home with a 44% chance of winning compared to Cincinnati’s 34%.<\/p>\n Market insights shared are current as of Thursday, Aug. 13 at 1 pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10th in Eastern Conference 20 points (6W-10L-2D) Despite not reaching the Leagues Cup knockout stages, Orlando picked up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17158,139,4786,141,140,149921,76891,76890,4959],"class_list":["post-370560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fc-cincinnati","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvscin-08-15-2026","tag-priority-match","tag-saturday-showdown","tag-sendtonews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370560","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=370560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMarco Pa\u0161ali\u0107: The dynamic winger, who calls his left foot his “weapon,” represented Croatia at the 2026 World Cup.
\nMaxime Cr\u00e9peau: Another 2026 World Cup veteran, Cr\u00e9peau<\/a> was Canada’s starting goalkeeper as they made the Round of 16.\u00a0
\nJustin Ellis: The homegrown forward and US youth international is enjoying a breakout season and scored midweek vs. San Luis.<\/p>\n
\n26 points (7W-6L-5D)<\/p>\n
\nK\u00e9vin Denkey: The club-record signing is Cincy’s joint-top scorer in MLS this season with 11 goals, level with Evander.
\nPavel Bucha: The Czechia international has delivered 4g\/1a in his last six games since the World Cup break.\u00a0
\nMiles Robinson: The two-time MLS Best XI defender represented the United States<\/a> at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n