Welcome to your match thread and preview for a Tuesday night MLS is Back Tournament match-up between Orlando City and New York City FC at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. This match was originally set for 10:30 p.m. but was shuffled to 8 p.m. (TUDN) after the withdrawal of FC Dallas and Nashville SC forced MLS to reconfigure the groups.
It will be the first time the two Eastern Conference rivals have met during the 2020 season and the first meeting since July 10 of 2019, when the Lions played the Pigeons to a 1-1 draw before dispatching NYCFC from the U.