Orlando City SC vs Columbus Crew 3-2

Orlando City SC beat Columbus Crew 3-2 at Exploria Stadium after Iván Angulo struck in the 89th minute to settle a game that swung back and forth from the opening minute.

Harvey Graham Sarajian opened the scoring in the 1st minute from Antoine Griezmann, before Taha Habroune equalised in the 7th minute from Santiago Rodriguez. Griezmann then restored Orlando’s lead in the 16th minute. Orlando City SC went in 2-1 up at half-time.

Columbus levelled again in the 53rd minute when Brais Méndez scored from Habroune, who had helped to create the first equaliser. Orlando made two changes on 62 minutes, bringing on Luis Otávio Costa de Aquino and Daryl Dike for Eduard Atuesta and Marco Pašalić, while Columbus made two changes on 70 minutes and another two on 83 minutes, but the visitors could not find a third equaliser. Angulo’s late goal from Martin Ojeda gave Orlando the win at 3-2.

Columbus had 53% of the possession and completed 438 passes to Orlando’s 394, while they also had more shots, 27 to 20, more on target, 15 to 7, more corners, 11 to 2, and a higher expected goals figure at 3.09 to 1.8. Orlando, though, made 12 saves to Columbus’s 4 and kept the scoreline in their favour when it mattered most.

Orlando’s cautions went to Vinicius Nogueira in the 3rd minute, Robin Jansson in the 23rd, David Brekalo in the 41st and Marco Pašalić in the 59th. Columbus were booked twice, with Taha Habroune cautioned in the 21st minute and Brais Méndez in the 36th. There were no red cards.