1. The Lions come out on top in a wild one at Inter.co Stadium! After conceding the lead twice, Orlando City SC battled back to take all three points at home against the Columubs Crew, winning 3-2 in dramatic fashion.
2. The rookie is hitting his stride! Just 46 seconds into the match, Harvey Sarajian got on the scoresheet in his second straight home game. After Iván Angulo made a darting run down the right wing, he found Antoine Griezmann at the top of the box. After receiving the ball, Grizi crossed the ball over to a wide open Sarajian to hit it past Patrick Schulte and score the opener.
3. The goal is the third fastest in Orlando City history, just two seconds faster than Tesho Akindele's strike against Toronto FC in 2021.
4. It didn't take long for the Crew to score the equalizer. Seven minutes after conceding the lead, Taha Habroune got in behind the defense and was able to finish past Crépeau to get the game back to level. It's been an Achilles heel for the Lions this season on some of those passes in behind, something that has made things tough for Orlando to maintain leads.
5. Orlando was able to reclaim the lead thanks to their star talisman: Griezmann. After Angulo was fouled outside the box, the Frenchman stood over the ball and whipped it into a dangerous area. Multiple players went to play it, but it skirted past them, past goalkeeper Schulte and into the back of the net.
5. The goal, added with the assist to Sarajian earlier, now has Griezmann up to 14 goal contributions through 12 MLS matches. The forward had a tough last few matches after the U.S. Open Cup Semifinal, but a game like this is just what a player like him needs to get back to his in-form play.
6. Orlando took that lead into the second half, but just eight minutes in, the Crew equalized again through Braís Mendez. The Lions struggled to get out of their own half of the field for the first 25 minutes of the second half, which led to the Columbus equalizer, but after that the game opened up a bit more and became more transitional. Orlando still struggled to create clear-cut chances, but just as the game was in its last minute, they finally broke through again.
7. It was a play in the 89th minute that started with a massive one-v-one save from Maxime Crépeau on Gonzalo Tapia. The save fell right to Zakaria Taifi, who passed it to Angulo, who then started the Lions' counterattack. After playing a quick pass to Griezmann, Angulo drove into the teeth of the defense before laying off the ball to Martín Ojeda, who crossed the ball into the box, and Angulo continued his run into the box and smashed it home to give Orlando the lead.
8. With his goal, Angulo has now scored in five straight games. It's been an incredible run for the Colombian, who has now scored the most goals for the Lions he has ever had in a season. Adding his double-digit assists for the year, Angulo has been an incredible player for this Orlando team.
9. Orlando was able to hold on to the result into stoppage time, when Crépeau made another save to help seal the result. The save, as it turns out, was his 12th of the night, setting a single-match record for saves in a match. It was a record the keeper had originally tied in his first match with Orlando back in February and now holds on his own.
10. Orlando will now turn around for a quick week as they will head to Canada on Wednesday to take on Toronto FC. That match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Apple TV.
