Welcome to your match thread for a Saturday night match-up between Orlando City (7-18-3, 24 points) and the Houston Dynamo (8-13-7, 31 points) at Orlando City Stadium. It’s the only scheduled meeting in this cross-conference series scheduled for 2018 and it should be a barn burner, since both clubs are double digit points below the playoff line in their respective conferences.
Orlando City is 1-1-1 in the all-time series (0-0-1 at home). The Lions went to BBVA Compass Stadium last year and were wiped off the field, 4-0. A leggy Orlando team flew directly to Houston from Toronto after a hard-fought game against the Reds and saw the rested Dynamo’s speed on full display.