Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s matchup at New England:<\/p>\n
\n Chasing Club History\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mart\u00edn Ojeda continued his standout 2026 campaign on Wednesday night, scoring Orlando City’s lone goal in its Open Cup semifinal match at Columbus. The strike was his 12th goal across all competitions this season and the 45th of his Orlando City career, leaving him two shy of matching Facundo Torres’ club-record 47 goals. Ojeda is also closing in on another club mark, entering the weekend with 44 career assists, three behind Mauricio Pereyra’s all-time record of 47.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Ojeda’s Production\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando City continues to see production from Mart\u00edn Ojeda in 2026. His goal against Columbus marked his 12th tally across all competitions this season, adding to another productive year for the Argentine. Ojeda enters Saturday’s match ranked second in club history in both goals and assists, continuing his climb toward multiple Orlando City records.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Ellis Nears MLS Mark\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin Ellis added another assist to his growing r\u00e9sum\u00e9 on Wednesday, providing the setup on Ojeda’s goal against Columbus. The assist was Ellis’ 12th across all competitions this season and moved him into sole possession of the most assists in Orlando City history. Ellis\u00a0(10)\u00a0also enters the weekend one assist away from matching the MLS single-season\u00a0assists\u00a0record by a teenager\u00a0(11), a mark set by Alphonso Davies in 2018 and matched earlier this year by Cavan Sullivan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Stoppage-Time Thriller\u00a0<\/p>\n
Saturday’s match marks the first meeting between Orlando City and New England Revolution since the sides produced one of the most dramatic matches of the season in April. Orlando defeated New England 4-3 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16, advancing after repeatedly battling back to level the match before scoring the game-winner in second-half stoppage time. The victory helped launch the Lions’ run to the Open Cup semifinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Back to MLS Action\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orlando City returns to MLS play after its U.S. Open Cup run\u00a0came to an end\u00a0with a 2-1 loss at Columbus Crew on Wednesday night. The Lions enter the weekend sixth in the Eastern Conference standings and unbeaten in five consecutive league matches as they resume their push towards a seventh consecutive Audi MLS Cup Playoffs appearance.<\/p>\n
\n Milestone Tracker\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Mart\u00edn Ojeda needs two\u00a0goals to tie Facundo Torres\u2019 club record of 47 across all competitions. Ojeda is also three assists from matching Mauricio Pereyra\u2019s club record of 47.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Daryl Dike is one goal away from tying former Lion Chris Mueller (22) for ninth on the Club\u2019s all-time scoring charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s matchup at New England: Chasing Club History\u00a0 Mart\u00edn Ojeda continued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47194,117174,7706,4792,161170,115,139,4786,4788,141,140,9017],"class_list":["post-405639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-daryl-dike","tag-justin-ellis","tag-martin-ojeda","tag-nevsorl-09-19-2026","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405639","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=405639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}