ATLANTA (May 28, 2025) – A 10-man Orlando City SC (7-3-6, 27 points) fell 3-2 to Atlanta United FC (4-7-5, 17 points) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Wednesday night. The result ended the Lions’ unbeaten streak in league play at 12 games, tying the previous club record set in 2020.
César Araújo put City on the board with a long-range effort in just the fourth minute of play before the home side equalized via Alexey Miranchuk 15 minutes later. Ramiro Enrique restored the Lions’ lead in the 32nd minute after pouncing on a failed clearance from an Atlanta defender and beating Brad Guzan at the near post. Orlando City held the lead until a 77th-minute red card to César Araújo opened the game up and saw Atlanta score two goals in the final seven minutes of the match.
The Lions will next return to the City Beautiful for their ninth game in 28 days as they host Chicago Fire FC to wrap up a congested May schedule on Saturday, May 31. Kickoff from Inter&Co Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m. ET, with the match airing live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Scoring Summary:
4’ César Araújo (Marco Pašalić, Martín Ojeda) – ORL 1, ATL 0 (**WATCH**)
19’ Alexey Miranchuk – ORL 1, ATL 1 (**WATCH**)
32’ Ramiro Enrique – ORL 2, ATL 1 (**WATCH**)
83’ Bartosz Slisz (Alexey Miranchuk) – ORL 2, ATL 2 (WATCH)
90+5’ Jamal Thiaré (Saba Lobjanidze, Alexey Miranchuk) – ATL 3, ORL 2 (**WATCH**)
Head Coach Oscar Pareja:
“I thought we played a very good 70 minutes until the red card. [It’s] something we’re going to be loud about internally with the behavior of the referee. I’m going to leave it there, but we were very impressed with the way that was handled because it was a game well-played, we were doing the right things and that changed the whole thing. So we’re obviously frustrated, but we’re going to follow our protocols as we always do with the league and we’ll take care of that the best professional way possible.”
Match Notes
- With the result, Orlando City recorded its 10th match this season scoring at least two goals, which is tied for second-most in MLS.
- Midfielder César Araújo scored his second goal of 2025 and his seventh all-time for the Lions.
- Forward Marco Pašalić recorded his fourth assist of the season on Araújo’s opening goal.
- Picking up the secondary assist on Araújo’s tally, midfielder Martín Ojeda provided his team-leading fifth helper of the campaign across all competitions and his 28th all-time.
- City was brought down to 10 men in the 77th minute after Araújo received a direct red card.
- Head Coach Oscar Pareja made three changes to the Starting XI after his side’s last match against the Portland Timbers, with Ramiro Enrique, Joran Gerbet and Martín Ojeda all returning to the starting lineup.
