Welcome to your match thread for a Saturday night match-up between Orlando City (6-9-1, 19 points) and Atlanta United (10-3-4, 34 points) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It’s the second of the three scheduled Southeast Showdown (*must credit The Mane Land PawedCast) meetings between the Eastern Conference rivals this season, with the finale of the season series coming in Orlando on Aug. 24.
It’s hard to believe now but the last time these two teams met they were separated by only three points in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference standings. Seems like a lifetime ago.
Orlando lost the most recent meeting, 2-1, at home on May 13.