NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 23, 2025) – Orlando City SC’s (13-7-8, 47 points) four-game win streak in league play came to an end with a 5-1 road loss to Nashville SC (15-8-5, 50 points) on Saturday night at GEODIS Park.
Luis Muriel scored his ninth goal of the regular season just two minutes after entering the match as a second-half substitute. The Colombian has now tallied 12 goals and seven assists across all competitions this year.
Defender Adrián Marín made his Orlando City debut with his first MLS start tonight. The Spanish left back, who combined on the play that led to Muriel’s goal, recently joined the Club via transfer from Portugal’s SC Braga.
Oscar Pareja’s side will have a short turnaround before heading to South Florida to face rivals Inter Miami CF in the Leagues Cup 2025 Semifinals on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET.
Scoring Summary:
3’ Sam Surridge (Hany Mukhtar) – NSH 1, ORL 0
17’ Hany Mukhtar (Josh Bauer) – NSH 2, ORL 0
40’ Hany Mukhtar (Jacob Shaffelburg) – NSH 3, ORL 0
43’ Sam Surridge (Jacob Shaffelburg, Jeisson Palacios) – NSH 4, ORL 0
76’ Luis Muriel – NSH 4, ORL 1
90+4’ Jeisson Palacios (Josh Bauer, Hany Mukhtar) – NSH 5, ORL 1
Head Coach Oscar Pareja:
“It was a difficult night, conceding that many goals, knowing that we have been solid in the last period. But still I think [the team] never gave up, the boys pushed all the way, so we have a bunch of things that we’re going to look closely at just to remark in a positive way from a very difficult, very difficult game against a very good rival. We couldn’t find the net, especially in the first half when we had three chances clear. Also, Nashville too early scored on us and put the game away from us and made us feel that there was a bunch of spaces and we couldn’t get that solidness that we [intended]. But it is obviously my responsibility, and I want to take this one because the players were pushing and giving us what we want and we couldn’t equalize the game. The second half was much better, but still, we didn’t find the net as often as we normally do.”
Match Notes
- Forward Luis Muriel scored his ninth goal of the regular season and 12th across all competitions this year.
- Defender Adrián Marín made his Club debut with his start tonight after recently transferring from Portugal’s SC Braga.
- Head Coach Oscar Pareja made seven changes to the Starting XI after the side’s last match against Deportivo Toluca, with Ramiro Enrique, Joran Gerbet, Adrián Marín, Nico Rodríguez, Kyle Smith, Tyrese Spicer and Dagur Dan Thórhallsson joining the starting lineup.
