Welcome to your match thread and preview for Saturday afternoon’s opening day match-up between Orlando City (0-0-0, 0 points) and New York City FC (0-0-0, 0 points) at Orlando City Stadium. This is the first of the two scheduled meetings between the Eastern Conference rivals and fellow 2015 expansion teams in 2019 and, obviously, the lone meeting in Orlando.
It’s going to be the third time these teams have met on opening day (2015, 2017). Orlando City is opening at home for the fifth consecutive season, and the Lions have a pretty decent opening day record (1-0-3), but if you’re betting you should probably put your money on a draw.