{"id":402177,"date":"2026-09-17T03:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402177\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:56:08","slug":"match-report-orlando-city-sc-bows-out-of-2026-u-s-open-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402177\/","title":{"rendered":"Match report: Orlando City SC bows out of 2026 U.S. Open Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio\u00a0(Sept. 16, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC\u2019s run in the 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup came to an end after a 2-1 semifinal loss to the Columbus Crew on Wednesday night at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field.  <\/p>\n<p>The hosts struck first in the ninth minute via Josef Mart\u00ednez after he capitalized on a lofted ball from Santiago Rodr\u00edguez. Orlando then answered in the 40th minute when Justin Ellis made a solo run\u00a0from deep in midfield, bypassing multiple Columbus defenders to slide a ball over to Mart\u00edn Ojeda, who ripped a shot from distance to equalize.  <\/p>\n<p>Columbus found the eventual game-winner in the 52nd minute as Brais M\u00e9ndez made a perfectly timed run into the box to volley in a cross from Rodriguez.  <\/p>\n<p>Orlando City now turns its focus to league play, currently sitting sixth in the Eastern Conference as it looks to extend the longest active playoff appearances streak in MLS to seven consecutive seasons. The Lions will travel to Gillette Stadium, this\u00a0Saturday, Sept. 19, to take on the New England Revolution. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Scoring Summary:<\/p>\n<p>9\u2019 Josef Mart\u00ednez (Santiago Rodr\u00edguez) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/click.fanmail.orlandocitysc.com\/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjUwMDJ9AAEAAAAAAeSsZupjZt-4maEjENplAssmgSs_giuAxSxVeIlRRIwd49JzX_Ygma6ObT1VYR2GplzIXGJv4nT5as5ADbqmFNB0xF039TicqLk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLB 1, ORL 0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>40\u2019 Mart\u00edn Ojeda (Justin Ellis) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/click.fanmail.orlandocitysc.com\/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjUwMDJ9AAEAAAAAAeSsZupkwGckvpEUE1tbUWivO4gwkZ6pMbCoq9WD-35jlv1LQjJ4aMaAWH7VZQYHSyq7DX23IbhHW9wfau-wWvGAhFceqYskg3s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ORL 1, CLB 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>52\u2019 Brais M\u00e9ndez (Santiago Rodr\u00edguez) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/click.fanmail.orlandocitysc.com\/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjUwMDJ9AAEAAAAAAeSsZuplYDJ1EXL2sIJLtuLRp761QIay4wMldgHPivXWjancfeX_rRvJkUtP3SCByR16g5mgaZzG1m3h64JOuIYmYMFwyY9y0A4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLB 2, ORL 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n      Interim Head Coach Mart\u00edn Perelman:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defeat is recent, so we need to digest it and go through that pain and process as quickly as possible. It\u2019s a hard one. We really expected to move forward in the competition. We were expecting that from ourselves. We made a huge effort to arrive here and we are so sad about the defeat. So now it\u2019s about embracing that process, doing it as fast as possible because we have a quick turnaround and the team is on a good pathway in the league and we need to return to that. We will do the self-critique, not only the players but also the coaching staff, everybody together, in the good and bad moments. We will do that and continue being strong, knowing that there\u2019s a lot of time to go in the league and that we want to compete, perform and win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLUMBUS, Ohio\u00a0(Sept. 16, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC\u2019s run in the 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup came to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[14175,86790,53866,159764,32014,32007,7706,4789,4787,115,139,4786,4788,141,140,9651,98708,32015],"class_list":["post-402177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-adrian-marin","tag-bernardo-santos-rhein-goncalves","tag-braian-ojeda","tag-clbvsorl-09-16-2026","tag-eduard-atuesta","tag-ivan-angulo","tag-justin-ellis","tag-match-report","tag-matchday","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-robin-jansson","tag-u-s-open-cup","tag-zakaria-taifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402177","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=402177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}