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Orlando City Falls to Chicago Fire

May 26, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Orlando City SC News Release


ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando City SC (6-5-1, 19 points) fell 2-1 to the Chicago Fire (4-6-2, 14 points) on Saturday at Orlando City Stadium. Cristian Higuita scored his third goal of the season.

"I certainly can't remember a night where I felt like we were more dominant, with this Club or maybe with any club, to be honest," Lions head coach Jason Kreis said. "I think we can look at the statistics and the players know in their hearts that we were the by far the better team. You won't hear me say that very often, but I will tell you there was only one team that was pushing things tonight. The other one was there to try to pick up a draw or catch something on the break."

The Fire opened the scoring in the 13th minute when Aleksandar Katai curled his free kick into the net.

Then in the 28th minute, Josue Colmán worked his way into the box and found Chris Mueller, who delayed before slipping it to Higuita all alone. The Colombian calmly placed his shot inside the far post. Higuita's three goals are a career high. Colmán and Mueller now have assists in each of their last two matches.

City pressed on in search of the winner, out-possessing and outshooting Chicago 21-10. The Lions were denied a penalty kick after Video Review upheld the call on the field in the 61st minute.

It was the Fire that found the third goal, though, when Alan Gordon drilled a shot from distance in the 82nd minute.

The Fire were reduced to 10 men when Mohammed Adams was shown a red card for an altercation with Sacha Kljestan, who was shown a yellow on the play.

The Lions will head on the road for their next four games, first visiting New York City FC on Saturday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. ET. City then visits Miami United FC in the fourth round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, June 6. The Lions will move on to Vancouver and Montreal before returning to Orlando City Stadium on Saturday, June 23, to host the Montreal Impact.

Tickets to all City home matches are available at OrlandoCitySC.com or by calling 855-ORL-CITY.

Match Notes

M Cristian Higuita scored his third goal of the season, which is a career-high. Higuita now has three goals in his last five games.

M Josué Colmán made his first start since April 8 vs. Portland (W, 3-2). Colmán earned his second assist in as many games.

F Chris Mueller earned his third assist of 2018 and his second in as many games on Higuita's goal.

F Justin Meram made his 200th career regular-season MLS appearance.

GK Joe Bendik passed F Carlos Rivas for third in Club history with 79 MLS appearances.

M Tony Rocha made his first start since Sept. 17, 2016. He played center back alongside D Chris Schuler, who made his second appearance of 2018.

GK Adam Grinwis was included on the 18-man roster for the first time as a Lion.

Teams 1 2 F

Orlando City SC 1 0 1

Chicago Fire 1 1 2

Scoring Summary:

CHI - Aleksandar Katai 13'

ORL - Cristian Higuita (Chris Mueller, Josué Colmán) 28'

CHI - Alan Gordon (Bastian Schweinsteiger) 82'

Misconduct Summary:

ORL - Mohamed El-Munir (Yellow Card) 11'

ORL - Chris Schuler (Yellow Card) 40'

CHI - Kevin Ellis (Yellow Card) 45+1'

ORL - Uri Rosell (Yellow Card) 64'

ORL - Chris Mueller (Yellow Card) 70'

CHI - Mohammed Adams (Red Card) 89'

ORL - Sacha Kljestan (Yellow Card) 90'

CHI - Johan Kappelhof (Yellow Card) 90+6'

Lineups/Substitutions:

Orlando City SC - GK Joe Bendik, D Mohamed El-Munir, Tony Rocha, Chris Schuler, RJ Allen, M Uri Rosell, Cristian Higuita (Richie Laryea 84'), Justin Meram, ?"' Sacha Kljestan, Chris Mueller (Stéfano Pinho 76'), F Josué Colmán (PC 83')

Substitutes Not Used: GK Earl Edwards, Jr., Adam Grinwis, D Donny Toia, M Dillon Powers

Chicago Fire - GK Patrick McLain, D Jorge Corrales, Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof, Kevin Ellis, M Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mohammed Adams, Aleksandar Katai, Daniel Johnson (Brandt Bronico 74'), Diego Campos (Grant Lillard 84'), F Nemanja Nikolic (Alan Gordon 46')

Substitutes Not Used: GK Richard Sánchez, D Brandon Vincent, M Tony Tchani, Drew Connor

Details of the Game:

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Weather: Rainy

Date: May 26, 2018

Attendance: 25,288

Stats:

Possession:

ORL - 60.1 %

CHI - 39.9 %

Shots:

ORL - 21

CHI - 10

Saves:

ORL - 2

CHI - 5

Fouls:

ORL - 14

CHI - 14

Corners:

ORL - 8

CHI - 3

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