{"id":404408,"date":"2026-09-19T08:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404408\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:02:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:02:42","slug":"griezmann-hurt-status-unknown-for-orlando-city-against-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/404408\/","title":{"rendered":"Griezmann hurt, status unknown for Orlando City against New England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando City looks to continue its hot streak in Major League Soccer play when the Lions visit the New England Revolution on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Orlando City, though, will likely face New England without injured star Antoine Griezmann. Griezmann left the Lions\u2019 2-1 loss to Columbus in a semifinal of U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday. Griezmann was forced out of the match in the second half and did not train with the team Friday.<\/p>\n

The Lions (10-11-4, 34 points) will try for their fourth consecutive MLS win and run their unbeaten streak to six matches when they take on the Revolution (13-8-4, 43 points) at Gillette Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Orlando City is sixth in the Eastern Conference. New England is third.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to flip the page,\u201d said Orlando City forward Justin Ellis. \u201cObviously, we were pretty sad about the Columbus game. I feel we could have played a lot better. We didn\u2019t really play at our best level, but we have to flip the page. We have a tough game (Saturday), and we have to get three points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellis has been instrumental to Orlando\u2019s climb up the table as the Lions have reversed their fortunes after a 1-5 start to the campaign. He has three goals and 11 assists in his breakthrough season. The 19-year-old also earned his first call-up to the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team.<\/p>\n

His potential debut with the USMNT could come next Saturday at Inter.co Stadium when the Americans face off against Peru in a friendly. For now, however, his primary focus is on helping Orlando City beat New England.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about just staying in the present, staying in the moment,\u201d Ellis said. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s what I do a good job of, and just try and help the team win tomorrow, and then, after tomorrow, I can put my focus into the national team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellis will be even more important Saturday with the expected absence of Griezmann. If Griezmann is unable to play, Ellis and Mart\u00edn Ojeda (11 goals and an assist) will lead the attack against a stout New England defense that has only allowed 31 goals in 25 games.<\/p>\n

The good news for Orlando is that New England has won only two of its last six home games this season. The Revolution will also be without the injured duo of Jack Harrison and Alhassan Yusuf. They still boast plenty of attacking talent in the likes of Carles Gil (10 goals, four assists) and Dor Turgeman (seven goals, five assists).<\/p>\n

Additional, Matt Turner has been one of the best goalkeepers in MLS this season and ranks fourth, just ahead of Orlando City\u2019s Maxime Crepeau, in saves, with 98 to Crepeau\u2019s 96.<\/p>\n

The Revolution had two players called up to the national team: midfielder Brooklyn Raines and defender Peyton Miller.<\/p>\n

The sixth-place Lions need a win to stay securely in a playoff spot, as they are only four points clear of Red Bull New York in 10th. The gap between sixth and 12th is only five points, so there is little room for error with only nine league games remaining.<\/p>\n

Orlando\u2019s next match is on the road against the Philadelphia Union and 16-year-old sensation Cavan Sullivan on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n

\"ORLANDO,Orlando City’s Mart\u00edn Ojeda, middle, has been getting more and more comfortable in the attack after returning from a 10-match absence because of a thigh injury. If Antoine Griezmann is unable to play against New England, Ojeda’s form becomes even more important. (Alex Menendez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City looks to continue its hot streak in Major League Soccer play when the Lions visit the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,1335,139,4788,141,140,2062,76046,110],"class_list":["post-404408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-florida","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-soccer","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404408","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=404408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}