{"id":391537,"date":"2026-09-05T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391537\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:44:40","slug":"what-to-watch-for-as-orlando-city-b-face-in-state-rival-inter-miami-cf-ii-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391537\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch for as Orlando City B face in-state rival Inter Miami CF II on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      Orlando City B at Inter Miami CF II<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 4, 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Matchup with the Herons\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orlando City B holds a 5W-5L-4D\u00a0all-time record\u00a0against intrastate rival Inter Miami CF II. The Lions are unbeaten against the Herons through two meetings in the 2026 campaign, playing to a 4-4 draw on March 22 at Inter.co Stadium before claiming the extra point in the end-of-regulation shootout, and earning a 4-1 victory on May 24 at Osceola County Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Haruna Heating Up\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Issah Haruna has registered three goal contributions over Orlando City B&#8217;s last two matches, scoring in consecutive games and recording a goal and an assist in the Lions&#8217; most recent outing. The 22-year-old now ranks third on the team with eight goal contributions on the season (five goals, three assists), trailing only Pedro Le\u00e3o and Harvey Sarajian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Belgodere\u00a0Delivers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Belgodere scored one minute after halftime to put Orlando City B ahead for good in its 3-2 victory over Crown Legacy FC, forcing a turnover high up the field before driving centrally and finishing into the lower right corner. The strike was the Orlando City Academy product&#8217;s fifth goal of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season, tying him for the second-most on the team behind only Pedro Le\u00e3o.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n      Caraballo Cashes In\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orlando City SC midfielder Gustavo Caraballo doubled OCB&#8217;s advantage in its 3-2 victory over Crown Legacy FC, scoring just two minutes after Matthew Belgodere&#8217;s go-ahead strike after being played through on goal by Issah Haruna. The finish marked Caraballo&#8217;s fifth goal of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season and the seventh of his MLS NEXT Pro career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City B at Inter Miami CF II Friday, September 4, 7:00 p.m. Chase Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[156530,115,139,18312,141,140,9017],"class_list":["post-391537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-miavsorl-09-04-2026","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\/391537","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=391537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}