The Lions come back from a longer-than-expected trip to Philadelphia and, with one day to prepare, will face familiar foe in New York City FC in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal showdown. The teams split the points in their MLS regular-season series, drawing in both meetings. One of the teams will finally get the upper hand, either by winning outright tomorrow night at Exploria Stadium or in penalties if the teams again cannot find a winner.
To prepare for this knockout match, we spoke with Christian Smith of SB Nation’s Hudson River Blue to get up to speed on Orlando’s opponents ahead of the match.