Welcome to your match thread for a midweek match-up between Orlando City (8-11-6, 30 points) and Sporting Kansas City (7-10-7, 28 points) at Exploria Stadium. It’s the only scheduled meeting in this cross-conference series for 2019.
The Lions enter tonight in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, just four points out of a playoff spot (three points would equal Montreal but the Impact hold the first tiebreaker with more wins). Sporting is 10th in the West.
Orlando City is 1-2-1 in the all-time series (1-0-1 at home). The most recent meeting resulted in a 1-0 SKC victory at Children’s Mercy Park on Sept.