Orlando City (6-2-6, 24 points) vs Portland Timbers (6-3-5, 23 points)
When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Fla.
Attend: Single-Match Tickets
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (subscription required)
Radio: AM 810 Fox Sports Radio, (English), Mega 97.1 (Spanish)
Everything you need to know for the Lions' match vs the Timbers in "The Road Ahead" driven by Audi:
Milestones
- Orlando City has gone 11 consecutive MLS regular season games without a loss, one away from the club record 12 set in 2020.
- Orlando City has scored 16 goals in its past five matches in all competitions, tying a club record for a five-game span set from June 22-July 13, 2024. The club record for six games is 19 goals, set in that same run last summer through July 17.
- Pedro Gallese’s next win will be his 80th as starting goalkeeper. “El Pulpo” is 15 saves away from 500 in his Lions career.
- Martín Ojeda ranks eighth in Orlando City history with 21 goals in all competitions. Ojeda’s next goal will tie him with Chris Mueller for seventh all-time, and the Argentine is three away from catching Dom Dwyer in sixth. Ramiro Enrique is at 19 goals, tied for tenth all-time.
- Ojeda ranks second in club history in assists with 27. Iván Angulo is right behind Ojeda at 26, tied for third with Nani.
Stats & Storylines
- Orlando City’s club-record undefeated run and 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup campaign both came to an end on Wednesday night, as the Lions dropped a 3-2 decision to Nashville SC. The defeat marked Orlando’s first loss in 74 days. The Lions’ MLS regular season unbeaten streak remains alive and well, and Orlando will go for the record on Saturday night against Portland.
- Marco Pašalić continued his remarkable debut season for the Lions with a goal and an assist against Nashville. The Croatian international is up to 7 G/3 A in 15 appearances across all competitions. Orlando City’s Designated Player trio of Pašalić, Martín Ojeda, and Luis Muriel is up to 31 combined goal contributions in 2025, averaging just under two per game.
- U22 Initiative striker Ramiro Enrique is starting to heat up, scoring in three of his past five games, including both of his starts during the U.S. Open Cup. Enrique netted 12 times for Orlando in 2024, including a club-record six straight games with a goal over the summer.
- Alex Freeman, named to United States Men’s National Team head coach Mauricio Pochettino’s 60-man preliminary CONCACAF Gold Cup roster on Monday, picked up an assist on Pašalić’s goal, bringing him to 3 G/2 A in 16 games from right back.
- Orlando City has scored at least twice in all but one of its eight home games this season, scoring three or more goals five times. The Lions are 4-0-2 with 17 goals scored and a +10 goal differential over their past six MLS regular season home matches.
Series History
All-time vs. Portland - 3-2-2, +2 GD (2-0-0, +4 GD home)
MLS only vs. Portland - 3-1-2, +3 GD (2-0-0, +4 GD home)
2015 - W 0-2 (A)
2016 - W 4-1 (H)
2017 - L 3-0 (A)
2018 - W 3-2 (H)
2019 - D 1-1 (A)
2020 - L 2-1 (N/MLS is Back Final)
2022 - D 1-1 (A)
Meet the opponent: Portland Timbers
- Orlando City faces the Portland Timbers this weekend for the first time in more than three years. The Lions and Timbers played to a 1-1 draw at Providence Park on March 27, 2022, with a late Portland penalty cancelling out Júnior Urso’s opener.
- Only two of the 11 players who started that game for Orlando City remain on the roster (Robin Jansson, César Araújo). Rodrigo Schlegel and Kyle Smith both entered the match as substitutes. Portland has six holdovers from that game’s starting XI.
- Portland is set to make its first trip to Inter&Co Stadium since April 8, 2018. That match saw the Lions score three goals in a seven-minute span from the 80’ to the 87’ to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win 3-2.
- The Timbers are enjoying a strong 2025 season, sitting fourth in the Western Conference with a 6-3-5 record and 23 points through 14 games. Portland, like Orlando, was knocked out of the Open Cup this week, going home in extra time on a 116’ goal from San Jose’s Jack Skahan.
- Portland traded superstar No. 10 Evander to FC Cincinnati in a cash trade this winter, but his replacement David de Costa has thrived, notching seven assists in 14 appearances while adding two goals. The Timbers’ other major attacking threats include winger Antony (4 G/7 A), striker Felipe Mora (5 G/2 A), and winger Santiago Moreno (4 G/2 A).
- Timbers legend and all-time MLS great Diego Chará has moved into a part-time role for Portland at age 39, but the Colombian can still bring the heat with his trademark crunching tackles. Chará surpassed 400 MLS regular-season appearances earlier this season, one of just 15 players in league history to reach that mark.
