{"id":385465,"date":"2026-08-30T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385465\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:36:08","slug":"what-to-watch-for-as-orlando-city-b-finally-return-home-to-face-crown-legacy-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385465\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch for as Orlando City B finally return home to face Crown Legacy FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      Orlando City B vs Crown Legacy FC<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, August 30, 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Familiar Foes\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orlando City B and Crown Legacy FC have met twice during the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season, with each matchup resulting in a draw. In the first meeting on May 3 at Osceola Heritage Park, Orlando City B erased a two-goal deficit as Issah Haruna scored his first professional goal before Harvey Sarajian found a stoppage-time equalizer to secure a 2-2 result. The rematch on July 5 in Matthews, N.C., also finished level, with both sides scoring second-half goals in a 1-1 draw.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Success Against the Crown\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orlando City B has found success against Crown Legacy FC throughout the all-time series, posting a 4W-2L-4D record across all competitions. The Lions enter Sunday&#8217;s contest unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Crown Legacy FC and have not lost to the North Carolina side since Sept. 3, 2023, at Osceola Heritage Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Home Sweet Home\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s matchup against Crown Legacy FC will mark Orlando City B&#8217;s first home match in more than a month, with the Lions last playing at Osceola Heritage Park on July 26 in a 1-0 loss to Huntsville City FC. Orlando City B has posted a 4W-3L-4D record at home during the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season, earning points in eight of its 11 matches at Osceola Heritage Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Haruna\u2019s\u00a0Recent Form\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Issah Haruna scored his fourth goal of the 2026 campaign in the Lions&#8217; most recent outing against Atlanta United 2, bringing his season total to six goal contributions (4 goals, 2 assists). The 22-year-old is tied for third on OCB in goals scored this season, while his six goal contributions rank fourth-most on the squad in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City B vs Crown Legacy FC Sunday, August 30, 7:00 p.m. Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Fla. Familiar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,18312,141,140,154436,9017],"class_list":["post-385465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsclfc-08-30-2026","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385465","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=385465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}