The Reds sit 12th in the Eastern Conference table following a 2-0 loss at Los Angeles FC, while Orlando are seventh, losing 2-1 at home to the Vancouver Whitecaps last weekend.<\/p>\n
Match preview<\/p>\n
Once again, there is only pride to play for in Toronto on Decision Day of the MLS regular season, a feeling this fan base know all too well.<\/p>\n
This will mark the fifth successive year that this team fail to make the post-season, while they are on the verge of finishing with fewer than 30 points for the fifth time in a 34-match campaign should they lose on Saturday.<\/p>\n
If there is one consolation from another disappointing season, it could be the consistency this team have shown down the stretch of 2025.<\/p>\n
Robin Fraser<\/a>\u2019s men have points in eight of their previous nine league fixtures but have not won a match in this competition since July at San Diego FC (1-0).<\/p>\n Failing to win this weekend would mark their worst-ever MLS regular season at home in terms of wins, currently on two, one fewer than the 2012 side.<\/p>\n Toronto are unbeaten in six successive MLS affairs at BMO Field, with TFC coming from behind to earn a point on four of those occasions.<\/p>\n A series of slip-ups in recent weeks has Orlando City out of contention for home-field advantage in the first round playoffs and barely hanging on to an opening round berth.<\/p>\n The Lions will enter this upcoming game riding a three-match winless run in this competition, netting a goal or fewer in each of those outings.<\/p>\n Oscar Pareja<\/a>\u2019s team have failed to win their last three away games in MLS, but they have won their previous two Decision Day contests on the road.<\/p>\n If they triumph on Saturday and Nashville SC fail to claim maximum points in their game, it will mark the fifth time this decade that Orlando finishes in a top-six position in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n Orlando are winless in their last three regular-season affairs versus Canadian opposition, failing to score in their only visit to Canada this year (0-0 draw at CF Montreal in April).<\/p>\n That said, they have gotten the better of Toronto numerous times of late, currently on a seven-match winning run against them heading into this weekend and unbeaten in six consecutive visits to BMO Field.<\/p>\n Toronto Major League Soccer form:<\/p>\n Orlando City Major League Soccer form:<\/p>\n Orlando City form (all competitions):<\/p>\n Team News Lower-body issues have plagued Toronto this season, and on Decision Day, that will likely keep Henry Wingo<\/a>, Zane Monlouis<\/a>, Kevin Long<\/a> and Nicksoen Gomis out of the lineup.<\/p>\n Alonso Coello<\/a> will not take part in Saturday\u2019s match either, after the Spaniard was sent off in the dying stages of their game against LAFC.<\/p>\n On the Orlando City side, Cesar Araujo<\/a> is questionable with a sore thigh, as are Zakaria Taifi and Tahir Reid-Brown, while Yutaro Tsukada is out with a cruciate ligament tear and Wilder Cartagena<\/a> will be sidelined because of an Achilles tendon rupture.<\/p>\n Joran Gerbet<\/a> is likely to sit out so he can recover from a knee injury, while Dagur Dan Thorhallsson<\/a> had the only goal in their defeat to Vancouver last Saturday.<\/p>\n Toronto possible starting lineup:<\/p>\n Johnson; Franklin, Thompson, Petretta; Edwards, Cifuentes, Kerr, Etienne; Mihailovic; Coebeanu, Vilsaint<\/p>\n Orlando City possible starting lineup:<\/p>\n Gallese; Thorhallsson, Schlegel, Jansson, Marin; Mohammed, Smith, Atuesta, Angulo; Muriel, Ojeda<\/p>\n We say: Toronto 1-2 Orlando City<\/p>\n The Reds have lost five consecutive Decision Day matches, and although they have put up some respectable showings lately, they are missing the decisiveness that can propel a team to victory.<\/p>\n For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Martin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/07\/martin-ojeda-ceebrates-scoring.webp\"\/)
<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/25\/18\/robin-fraser.jpeg\"\/)
<\/p>\n![\"SM](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/20\/33\/sm-words-green-background.png\" "\\"SM")
<\/p>\n