\n Orlando City B at Chicago Fire FC II<\/p>\n
Saturday, August 15, 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, Ill.<\/p>\n
\n Return from the North\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
After\u00a0representing\u00a0Canada at the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship, Orlando City SC defender Clovis Archange returned to Orlando City B’s lineup in Tuesday’s match against NYCFC II. The Homegrown defender played all\u00a090 minutes\u00a0in his first MLS NEXT Pro appearance since July 17 against Chattanooga FC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Windy City Results\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando City B has found success against Chicago Fire FC II throughout the clubs’ MLS NEXT Pro history, holding a 5W-2L-3D record across 10 all-time meetings. The Lions defeated Chicago 2-1 on March 8 at Osceola Heritage Park before the sides played to a 2-2 draw on April 26 at\u00a0SeatGeek\u00a0Stadium, where Orlando City B claimed the extra point in the end-of-regulation\u00a0shootout.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Purple Pipeline Progress\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando City Academy U-17 midfielder Deshnick Nkeh and defender Landon Mellecker each made their professional\u00a0debuts\u00a0in Orlando City B’s match against NYCFC II on Aug. 11. The duo entered as second-half substitutes in the 77th minute, becoming the latest Academy products to advance through the club’s\u00a0developmental pipeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Earning the Start\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brady Kendall and Nicolas Torres each made their first professional\u00a0starts\u00a0in Orlando City B’s match against NYCFC II on Aug. 11. Kendall earned the start in his sixth appearance of the season, while Torres made his first professional start in his 11th appearance after recording his first professional assist against Huntsville City FC on June 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City B at Chicago Fire FC II Saturday, August 15, 4:00 p.m. SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, Ill. Return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[150334,115,139,18312,141,140,9017],"class_list":["post-372095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-chivsorl-08-15-2026","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372095","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=372095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}