Charlotte vs Orlando City SC 4-0

Charlotte beat Orlando City SC 4-0 at Bank of America Stadium, with Henry Kessler's early header, Allan Saint-Maximin's goal after half-time and late finishes from Abdoulaye Doucouré and Rodolfo Aloko settling the result.

Kessler opened the scoring in the 6th minute from Ashley Westwood's assist, and Charlotte led 1-0 at the break.

Saint-Maximin made it 2-0 in the 49th minute, set up by Harry Toffolo, after Orlando City SC had made two changes at half-time. Charlotte then protected the lead through a spell of substitutions, with Westwood going off in the 68th minute and Charlotte later making two more changes in the 81st minute. Doucouré, who came on in the 81st minute, scored in the 84th minute to make it 3-0 after Saint-Maximin had missed a penalty in the same minute. VAR confirmed a card upgrade for Saint-Maximin in the 88th minute and he was sent off in the 89th minute. Rodolfo Aloko, who came on in the 75th minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time, with Tyger Smalls, who had come on in the 81st minute, providing the assist.

Orlando City SC had 56% of the possession and 504 passes to Charlotte's 398, but Charlotte had more shots, 16 to 15, and better xG at 2.34 to 0.9. Orlando City SC had eight shots on target to Charlotte's six and both sides had four corners, while Charlotte made eight saves to Orlando's two.

Iago Teodoro and Iván Angulo were booked for Orlando City SC in the 25th and 82nd minutes. Charlotte were shown two yellow cards, for Ashley Westwood in the 61st minute and Tyger Smalls three minutes into stoppage time, and Allan Saint-Maximin was sent off in the 89th minute after the VAR review.