Welcome to your match thread for a Saturday night match-up between Orlando City (7-11-1, 22 points) and the Columbus Crew (8-7-6, 30 points). This is the first of two scheduled meetings between the Eastern Conference rivals in 2018 with the Crew making the return trip to Orlando on Oct. 21.
The Lions snapped their nine-game league losing streak last Saturday and, after a bump in the road in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, City will look to make it two consecutive MLS wins Saturday night at Mapfre Stadium. That’s a place the Lions have never won and have taken any points from only once.