ORLANDO, Fla. (September 27, 2017) ā In the first match of a three-game homestand, Orlando City SC (10-13-8, 38 points) defeated the New England Revolution (11-15-5, 38 points) 6-1 on Wednesday at Orlando City Stadium. Antonio Nocerino and Yoshimar YotĆŗn scored their first goals for City and Seb Hines scored his first of the season. KakĆ” earned a brace, while YotĆŗn and Dom Dwyer each finished with a goal and two assists to earn City its largest margin of victory and its highest scoring match since joining MLS.
āItās great. Itās really, really good that we see more guys scoring,ā Lions head coach Jason Kreis said. āI think the number of players that have committed to our attacking moves has been better for a while now. I feel like weāve gotten the right numbers involved and have been unfortunate in some of the games not to score more. So itās good that on a night like tonight we reap some rewards from that and I think the guys all feel great. The guys that scored all feel like a little bit of a weight is off their shoulders as well.ā
City came out and dominated the pace of play from the beginning, and after Video Review saw New Englandās Xavier Kouassi get sent off in the 11th minute, the Lions opened the floodgates for their first three-goal first half of their MLS era.
The Lions pressured and broke through when Nocerino tapped in YotĆŗnās free kick delivery. Ten minutes later, Hines smashed a header off YotĆŗnās corner delivery into the back of the net for his first goal in his third MLS appearance of 2017. KakĆ”, with the captainās armband, made it 3-0 with a gorgeous strike into the top corner from the edge of the area in the 43rd minute.
Lee Nguyen scored off a free kick in first-half stoppage time.
KakĆ” scored his sixth goal of the season following a mad scramble in front of goal. KakĆ” and Dwyer played a nice combination through the box, but after both of Dwyerās attempts were blocked KakĆ” smashed it into the roof of the net.
KakĆ” earned a standing ovation as he exited the match for Cyle Larin in the 80th minute, and the Canadian brought the crowd to its feet again just four minutes later. Larin found Dwyer for his first goal at Orlando City Stadium as the two combined for a goal for the third time in four games. Dwyer now has three goals and four assists in his last four games.
As fans chanted āWe want six! We want six!ā Richie Laryea found YotĆŗn and the Peruvian made no mistake as his blistering strike made it 6-1. The assist was Laryeaās first of his MLS career.
Joe Bendik made four saves to earn his 10th win of the season, an MLS career-high. Bendik has played every MLS minute for City since the beginning of 2016.
Orlando City now stands in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, five points behind sixth-place New York.
The Lions face another quick turnaround when they host FC Dallas on Saturday, Sept. 30. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. ET at Orlando City Stadium.
Scoring Summary:
ORL - Antonio Nocerino (Yoshimar YotĆŗn) 22ā
ORL - Seb Hines (Yoshimar YotĆŗn) 32ā
ORL - KakĆ” (Dom Dwyer) 43ā
NE - Lee Nguyen 45+1ā
ORL - KakĆ” (Dom Dwyer) 77ā
ORL - Dom Dwyer (Cyle Larin) 84ā
ORL - Yoshimar YotĆŗn (Richie Laryea) 90ā
Misconduct Summary:
NE - Xavier Kouassi (Red Card) 11ā
NE - Claude Dielna (Yellow Card) 21ā
ORL - KakĆ” (Yellow Card) 28ā
NE - Scott Caldwell (Yellow Card) 29ā
ORL - LĆ©o Pereira (Yellow Card) 33ā
ORL - Seb Hines (Yellow Card) 45ā
NE - Antonio Delamea (Yellow Card) 57ā
NE - Benjamin Angoua (Yellow Card) 85ā
NE - Lee Nguyen (Yellow Card) 90+4ā
Lineups/Substitutions:
Orlando City SC - GK Joe Bendik, D Donny Toia, LĆ©o Pereira (Tommy Redding 54ā), Seb Hines, Scott Sutter, M Servando Carrasco, Yoshimar YotĆŗn, Antonio Nocerino, Giles Barnes (Richie Laryea 71ā), F Dom Dwyer, ā KakĆ” (Cyle Larin 80ā)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Earl Edwards, Jr., D Rafael Ramos, M Dillon Powers, F Carlos Rivas
New England Revolution - GK Cody Cropper, D Benjamin Angoua, Chris Tierney (Gershon Koffie 46ā), Je-Vaughn Watson (Diego Fagundez 75ā), Antonio Delamea, Claude Dielna, M Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 54ā), Xavier Kouassi, Lee Nguyen, F Teal Bunbury, Kei Kamara
Substitutes Not Used: GK Brad Knighton, D Andrew Farrell, F Juan Agudelo, Krisztian Nemeth
Details of the Game:
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Weather: Clear
Date: Sept. 27, 2017
Attendance: 23,018
Stats:
Possession:
ORL - 59.1 %
NE - 40.9 %
Shots:
ORL - 21
NE - 10
Saves:
ORL - 4
NE - 5
Fouls:
ORL - 16
NE - 14
Corners:
ORL - 9
NE - 2