Welcome to your live match thread for tonight's match-up between Orlando City (4-5-10, 22 points) and Columbus Crew SC (3-7-9, 18 points). It's the first of two scheduled meetings between the clubs this season, with the return leg in Orlando coming Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. It’s the final game of the brief Bobby Murphy era, as the interim head coach will go back to being an assistant under new boss Jason Kreis on Monday.
The teams met four times last season in all competitions, with a 1-1-1 split in three MLS matches and Orlando City winning the U.