Welcome to your match thread for tonight's match-up between Orlando City (6-3-2, 20 points) and New York City FC (5-4-2, 17 points) at Orlando City Stadium. It’s the third and final scheduled meeting between these two Eastern Conference rivals for 2017. It’s hard to believe they’ll have used up an entire three-game series in the first 12 matches of the season. Orlando City is 5-1-2 in the all-time series (3-0-1 at home) and won the previous two matches this year.
The Sky Blues were the Lions’ first victims of the year in a 1-0 opening day win to christen Orlando City Stadium on March 5.