Welcome to your match thread for a Wednesday night match-up between Orlando City (10-3-8, 38 points) and the Columbus Crew (11-5-5, 38 points). This is the first and only scheduled meeting between the Eastern Conference rivals in 2020. This fixture was originally scheduled to take place on Sunday, Oct. 11 but was postponed due to two members of the Crew’s traveling contingent testing positive for COVID-19 the day before. The league eventually rescheduled the match to the most logical date, which is today.
The match has major ramifications in the Eastern Conference, as the teams entered this week level on points, but with the Crew holding the tiebreaker with more wins.