Orlando City (9-5-6, 33 points) at Charlotte FC (8-11-1, 25 points)
When: Saturday, 7:15 p.m.
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (subscription required), Fox Sports 1
Radio: AM 810 Fox Sports Radio, (English), Mega 97.1 (Spanish)
Everything you need to know for the Lions' road trip to the Carolinas in "The Road Ahead" driven by Audi:
Milestones
- Pedro Gallese is three saves away from 500 for Orlando City in all competitions.
- Martín Ojeda and Ramiro Enrique are tied with Chris Mueller for seventh in Orlando City history with 22 goals in all competitions. The two Argentines are both two goals away from catching Dom Dwyer in sixth and three away from Kaká in fifth.
- Ojeda has a goal contribution in five consecutive matches, leaving him two games away from tying his own club record (all competitions) from the 2024 season.
- Ojeda also needs one goal and two assists to become the third player in Orlando City history to achieve double-digit goals and assists in the same season (Nani, 2019; Facundo Torres, 2022).
- Kyle Smith is two appearances away from becoming the second Orlando City player ever to reach 200 appearances in all competitions for the club.
Stats & Storylines
- Marco Pašalić became the eighth Orlando City player to reach 10 goals in all competitions in his debut season for the club with his late strike against FC Cincinnati on Saturday. Pašalić is up to 10 goals and 5 assists in 21 appearances in all competitions in 2025, with a minimum of 16 matches still to be played. The top debut season in club history is Facu Torres’ 2022, in which El Cuervo notched 13g/12a while leading Orlando to a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup triumph.
- Martín Ojeda assisted Pašalić’s goal, bringing him to 9g/8a in all competitions this season. Ojeda ranks second league-wide in MLS regular season play with 56 key passes and is tied for fourth in total goal contributions behind San Diego’s Anders Dreyer, Nashville’s Sam Surridge, and Cincinnati’s Evander.
- Orlando City goes back on the road this week, looking to win its third straight match away from home. The Lions are one of just seven MLS teams with two road losses or fewer in the 2025 regular season.
- Despite falling to Cincinnati on Saturday, Orlando City still ranks second in the Eastern Conference in goals (4th overall) and third in goal differential (fifth).
- Right back Alex Freeman continues to shine for the United States Men’s National Team. Freeman started, went the distance, and scored a crucial penalty kick during the Americans’ shootout win over Costa Rica in the quarterfinals in Minneapolis.
Series History
All-time vs. Charlotte FC - 5-2-4, +6 GD (1-1-3, 0 GD away)
MLS only vs. Charlotte FC - 4-1-2, +5 GD (1-1-1, 0 GD away)
2022 - W 2-1 (H), W 1-2 (A)
2023 - L 1-2 (H), L 1-0 (A/USOC), D 1-1 (A)
2024 - D 2-2 (A), W 2-0 (H), W 2-0 (H/MLS Cup Playoffs), D 0-0 (A/MLS Cup Playoffs), D 1-1 (H/MLS Cup Playoffs)
2025 - W 3-1 (H)
Meet the opponent: Charlotte FC
- Orlando City eased past Charlotte FC in the clubs’ first meeting this year back on May 14 at Inter&Co Stadium, winning 3-1 behind goals from Luis Muriel, Martín Ojeda, and Ramiro Enrique. Wilfried Zaha scored for the visitors. Orlando City has gone seven consecutive games without a regulation loss against Charlotte dating back to 2023.
- The Lions drew 2-2 in a thriller last season at Bank of America Stadium, coming from behind twice to take a point home from the Queen City. Duncan McGuire and Facundo Torres both struck for Orlando, while Kerwin Vargas and Brandt Bronico had the goals for Charlotte FC.
- Ojeda has enjoyed facing Charlotte over the course of his career, posting 3g/1a in just 315 regular season minutes against the Crown. Ojeda also had a goal in the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs against Charlotte. Muriel has 1g/2a in 164 minutes, while both of David Brekalo’s career Orlando City assists came in the May 14 match.
- After finishing fifth in the East and narrowly falling to Orlando City in the postseason last year, Charlotte have been stuck in neutral for much of 2025, sitting in tenth place in the East and three points out of a playoff spot. Zaha has been relatively productive, putting up 5g/5a in 18 appearances, while playmaker Pep Biel leads the side with 6g/8a.
- Charlotte striker Patrick Agyemang, teaming up with Alex Freeman for the United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, has been on a tear for the last six weeks, scoring five times in his last five appearances for Charlotte before heading out on international duty, where he has scored twice in four Gold Cup games.
