Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s home match vs Columbus Crew:<\/p>\n
\n Tincho Takes the Top Spot\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mart\u00edn Ojeda made club history in the Lions\u2019 midweek outing against Toronto FC, converting a penalty kick just before halftime for the 48th goal of his Orlando City career across all competitions. The strike moved the Argentine past former Lion Facundo Torres for sole possession of the top spot on Orlando City\u2019s all-time scoring chart across all competitions. The goal also marked Ojeda\u2019s team-leading 15th tally across all competitions in 2026, adding another milestone to his campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Griz-ing Through MLS\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antoine Griezmann continued his record-setting form north of the border in the Lions\u2019 matchup against Toronto, scoring his 10th MLS goal of the season and 11th across all competitions. The strike saw the Frenchman become the first player in MLS history to record at least one goal contribution in 11 of his first 13 league appearances. Griezmann also assisted Daryl Dike\u2019s goal, bringing his total to 17 goal contributions, with 11 goals and six assists, in 17 appearances across all competitions since joining Orlando City in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Angulo\u2019s Run of Form\u00a0<\/p>\n
Iv\u00e1n Angulo enters Saturday\u2019s match having recorded nine goal contributions, with five goals and four assists, over the Lions\u2019 last eight MLS outings, including a goal contribution in each of the last six. His latest came with an assist on Daryl Dike\u2019s goal against Toronto FC, marking his 13th helper of the year across all competitions. The Colombian now leads Orlando City with 19 goal contributions across all competitions in 2026, totaling six goals and 13 assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Firsts in the Capital\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lions last matched up with D.C. United in a 3-2 road defeat in the nation\u2019s capital, a match that saw two Orlando City players open their scoring accounts for 2026. Forward Tyrese Spicer found the back of the net for his first goal of the campaign, while Homegrown forward and 2026 MLS NEXT Pro Pathway Player of the Year Justin Ellis scored the first First Team goal of his career, marking a milestone night for the two Lions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Dike Moving Up\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daryl Dike\u2019s strike in the 83rd minute against Toronto FC marked his third goal of the year across all competitions and the 22nd of his Orlando City career. The tally moved Dike into a tie with former Lion Chris Mueller for 10th on the Club\u2019s all-time scoring chart across all competitions, leaving him one goal shy of former Orlando City forward Dom Dwyer in eighth.<\/p>\n
\n Milestone Tracker<\/p>\n
– Mart\u00edn Ojeda (45) needs two assists to tie Mauricio Pereyra\u2019s club record of 47 across all competitions, while Iv\u00e1n Angulo (44) needs three helpers to tie Pereyra.\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Daryl Dike (22) is one goal away from tying former Lion Dom Dwyer (23) for eighth on the Club\u2019s all-time scoring charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are five storylines to watch for Saturday’s home match vs Columbus Crew: Tincho Takes the Top Spot\u00a0\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47194,117174,32007,7706,4792,115,139,4786,4788,141,140,168793,7702,9017],"class_list":["post-430504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-daryl-dike","tag-ivan-angulo","tag-justin-ellis","tag-martin-ojeda","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-city-sc","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlvsdc-10-17-2026","tag-tyrese-spicer","tag-what-to-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430504","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=430504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}