Welcome to your match thread for Saturday’s match-up between Orlando City (0-0-2, 2 points) and the Montreal Impact (1-1-0, 3 points) at Orlando City Stadium. It’s the first of the two scheduled meetings between these Eastern Conference opponents, with the return leg coming at Stade Saputo on Saturday, June 1.
The Lions are 3-5-2 against Montreal in the all-time series since the club joined MLS, and 2-2-1 at home. The Impact are unbeaten in the last five meetings (4-0-1) dating back to the third match-up in 2016, in which Montreal stole a 1-0 win in Orlando after bunkering down and hitting on a Dominic Oduro counter-attack goal.