Orlando City SC vs DC United 4-1

Orlando City SC beat DC United 4-1 at Exploria Stadium after taking control early and then adding a fourth through Marco Pašalić in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Antoine Griezmann scored twice for the hosts, while Tai Baribo’s first-half penalty briefly kept the contest alive.

Griezmann opened the scoring in the 15th minute from Martin Ojeda’s assist, before Ojeda turned scorer himself on 22 minutes after Griezmann supplied the pass. DC United pulled one back through Baribo’s penalty two minutes into first-half stoppage time, leaving Orlando 2-1 up at the break.

Griezmann restored the two-goal margin on 50 minutes, finishing his second of the match. Orlando then made three changes on 70 minutes, with Eduard Atuesta, Luis Otávio Costa de Aquino and Daryl Dike replaced by Adrián Marín, Braian Ojeda and Justin Ellis. DC United answered with two changes on 78 minutes, and Marco Pašalić came off the bench on 86 minutes before making it 4-1 in stoppage time, converting Justin Ellis’s assist after Ellis had arrived on 70 minutes. Jackson Hopkins, who had come on in the 45th minute, was booked on 82 minutes, and Tai Baribo was also shown yellow on 89 minutes.

Orlando had 59% of the possession and 610 passes to DC United’s 388, but the visitors had more shots, 15 to 13, and more corners, 8 to 1. Orlando were more accurate in front of goal, with 7 shots on target to DC United’s 4, while the xG figures were 2.07 and 2.6 respectively. Both sides made three saves, Orlando committed 10 fouls to DC United’s 18, and the offsides count was 1-2.

Orlando City SC’s only booking was to Luis Otávio Costa de Aquino in the 38th minute. DC United had three yellow cards, for Kimito Nono on 77 minutes, Jackson Hopkins on 82 minutes and Tai Baribo on 89 minutes.