ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 10, 2026) — Orlando City SC (11-13-4, 37 points) earned a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Crew (8-15-5, 29 points) on Saturday night at Inter.co Stadium.
Harvey Sarajian opened the scoring for the Lions in the first minute, burying the third-fastest goal in club history. Iván Angulo raced onto a through ball and cut a pass back to Antoine Griezmann, who picked out Sarajian in the middle for a right-footed finish into the lower right corner.
Sarajian's strike marked his second goal for Orlando City and his second consecutive home match finding the back of the net, while the assist was Griezmann's fifth of the MLS campaign and Angulo's club-leading 12th of the 2026 campaign.
Columbus pulled level six minutes later as Santiago Rodríguez slipped a pass to Taha Habroune, who slotted a right-footed finish into the lower right corner.
Orlando City restored its lead in the 16th minute via Griezmann, who curled a left-footed free kick into the lower left corner for his 10th goal across all competitions since joining the Club during the summer. The 2018 FIFA World Cup winner has now recorded at least one goal contribution in each of his last eight MLS games with the Lions.
Columbus pulled level eight minutes into the second half through Brais Méndez. Taha Habroune slipped a ball into Méndez, who pulled Maxime Crépeau off his line before slotting a left-footed finish to equalize.
The Lions found a winner against the run of play in the 89th minute through Angulo. Advancing into the attack, the Colombian played a ball wide to Martín Ojeda, who returned the pass into the box for Angulo to slot home and restore the Lions' lead.
Columbus pushed for an equalizer throughout the closing stages, but the Lions held firm behind Crépeau, who made a club-record 12 saves to surpass the previous single-match record mark of 11 set by Mason Stajduhar and later matched by Crépeau in the Lions' season opener against Red Bull New York.
Orlando City next travels to take on Toronto FC on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at BMO Field. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Apple TV.
Scoring Summary:
1' Harvey Sarajian (Antoine Griezmann, Iván Angulo) – ORL 1, CLB 07' Taha Habroune (Santiago Rodríguez, Mohamed Farsi) – ORL 1, CLB 116' Antoine Griezmann – ORL 2, CLB 153' Brais Méndez (Taha Habroune, Santiago Rodríguez) – ORL 2, CLB 289' Iván Angulo (Martín Ojeda) – ORL 3, CLB 2
Interim Head Coach Martín Perelman:
“Iván [Angulo] is scoring and performing, which is great for him and great for the team, for everyone. He is not the only one; many players are scoring, Grizi [Antoine Griezman] and many of them. Everybody is giving the biggest effort they can. Everyone is important. Again, we have a lot of things to improve always, but we are humble and working hard."
Orlando City SC Forward Harvey Sarajian:
"We wanted to start off fast. The whole pregame talk was energy, energy, energy and start fast because we've had some slow starts. So, when it fell to me it was like, I needed to put it away just to [uplift] the team after some crappy results."
Orlando City SC Goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau:
“Very happy with the three points. We know how crucial the points are from now until the end of the year. It's going to be super important to continue putting in strong performances, especially at home, with three of our next four matches here. Coming back from the break, it was important to get out strong and find a response toward the end of the game, so we're very happy with it.”
Match Notes
- Iván Angulo’s game-winning goal marked his fifth consecutive MLS match with a goal, tying Antoine Griezmann for the longest scoring streak in club history within a single season.
- Goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau set an Orlando City single-match record with 12 saves, surpassing the previous mark of 11 shared by Mason Stajduhar and Crépeau.
- Antoine Griezmann scored his 10th goal and recorded his fifth assist for Orlando City across all competitions.
- The goal and assist gave Griezmann 14 goal contributions in 12 MLS appearances for the Lions, with nine goals and five assists in MLS action.
- Griezmann has recorded a goal contribution in eight consecutive MLS matches.
- Harvey Sarajian scored his second goal for the Lions, striking in the first minute of his first MLS start. Sarajian has scored in consecutive home matches.
- Angulo recorded his 12th assist of 2026 across all competitions and his 43rd all-time for the Lions.
- Designated Player Martín Ojeda recorded his third assist of 2026 across all competitions and his 45th all-time for the Lions.
- Ojeda is two assists away from tying former Lion Mauricio Pereyra for the club’s all-time lead across all competitions.
- Interim head coach Martín Perelman made five changes to his starting lineup from the club’s previous match against the Philadelphia Union, inserting David Brekalo, Wilder Cartagena, Vinícius Nogueira, Marco Pašalić and Sarajian into the starting XI.
- The match marked Nogueira’s first Orlando City start and Sarajian’s first MLS start.
- Defender Griffin Dorsey (back), midfielder Braian Ojeda (foot) and forward Tyrese Spicer (foot) missed the match because of injury.
