Welcome to your match thread for a late night match-up between Orlando City (6-10-1, 19 points) and Los Angeles FC L (9-4-4, 31 points) at Banc of California Stadium. It’s the first ever meeting between these two clubs and the only one scheduled in 2018 between the two non-conference opponents. This was originally scheduled to be a 4:30 ET kickoff but due to high temperatures in Los Angeles it was moved to 11 p.m. ET. The fact that LAFC played a weather-delayed match late Tuesday night in Houston has nothing to do with the time change. Probably.
It’s going to be our first look at the Lions under James O’Connor, who has been involved since Monday after being hired last week.