6th in Eastern Conference
\n36 points (10W-10L-6D)<\/p>\n
Philadelphia continued their incredible post-2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> momentum with a comeback for the ages, turning a three-goal deficit into a 4-3 win<\/a> at Sporting Kansas City<\/a> to extend their undefeated run to 11 games (9W-0L-2D).<\/p>\n Cavan Sullivan<\/a> led the remarkable turnaround with 1g\/1a at Sporting Park.\u00a0The 16-year-old phenom has set\u00a0numerous milestones<\/a> amid a breakout season that’s earned him and fellow homegrowns Neil Pierre<\/a> and Frankie Westfield<\/a> their first\u00a0US men’s national team<\/a> call-ups<\/a> for the September\/October international window.<\/p>\n Milan Iloski:\u00a0The former San Diego FC<\/a> forward has a team-best 19 goal contributions (13g\/6a) during his first full season with the Union. Philly sat bottom of the league table with just one win entering the World Cup break. It’s been a completely different story since, with the Union not only jumping into the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs picture, but emerging as a legitimate dark horse contender.<\/p>\n Can they keep the magic going against Orlando? Saturday’s test may be the most difficult yet for interim head coach Ryan Richter, who will have to make do without Philly’s three USMNT-bound teenagers, as well as goalkeeper Andre Blake<\/a> (Jamaica) and midfielder Danley Jean Jacques<\/a> (Haiti).<\/p>\n 7th in Eastern Conference Orlando’s five-game league unbeaten streak (4W-0L-1D) was snapped with a 4-2 defeat<\/a>\u00a0at New England<\/a>. Goals from Iv\u00e1n Angulo<\/a> and Mart\u00edn Ojeda<\/a> almost secured a road point for the Lions, but Peyton Miller<\/a> and Carles Gil<\/a> both scored in second-half stoppage time to give the Revs the victory.<\/p>\n The Lions were without Antoine Griezmann<\/a>, whose status for Saturday is uncertain after he suffered a knock during their midweek defeat<\/a> at the Columbus Crew<\/a> in the US Open Cup<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n Mart\u00edn Ojeda: Orlando’s all-time leader in goal contributions has 2g\/1a in six games (all competitions) since returning from a thigh injury. Orlando have also undergone a second-half transformation, going 6W-3L-2D since the World Cup pause.<\/p>\n This turnaround coincided with the arrival of Griezmann, who has posted 8g\/3a in the first 10 matches of his MLS career.<\/p>\n But with the French legend questionable, rising homegrown Justin Ellis<\/a> (1g\/10a) earning his first USMNT call-up and Croatian winger Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107<\/a> also on international duty, the Lions will have to lean on depth to get a positive result.<\/p>\n Philadelphia are heavily favored at home with 68% of the market, compared to 16% for Orlando.<\/p>\n Market insights shared are current as of Thursday, Sept. 24 at 9 am ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6th in Eastern Conference 36 points (10W-10L-6D) Philadelphia continued their incredible post-2026 FIFA World Cup momentum with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[84499,69,71,70,10227,121418,65417,10226],"class_list":["post-293039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-orlando-city","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-union","tag-phivsorl-09-26-2026","tag-priority-match","tag-sendtonews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBruno Damiani: The Uruguayan striker is enjoying a three-game scoring streak, producing 5g\/1a over this span.
\nQuinn Sullivan: Cavan’s older brother has 1g\/5a in his last three games as he regains match fitness after recovering from an ACL tear.\u00a0
\nKai Wagner: The Union’s all-time assists leader has been another key catalyst since rejoining the club<\/a> in July from EFL Championship side Birmingham City.<\/p>\n
\n34 points (10W-12L-4D)<\/p>\n
\nIv\u00e1n Angulo: The Colombian winger\/fullback has rediscovered his scoring touch of late, with three of his four goals this season coming in September.
\nMaxime Cr\u00e9peau: The Canadian international goalkeeper started every match during Les Rouges’ historic run to the 2026 World Cup Round of 16.
\nRobin Jansson: The long-serving captain has been a staple of Orlando’s backline since joining in 2019 from AIK Fotboll in his native Sweden.<\/p>\n