Welcome to your match thread and preview for a Saturday afternoon playoff match-up between Orlando City and New York City FC at Exploria Stadium. This will be the third meeting between the Lions (11-4-8, 41 points) and Pigeons (12-8-3, 39 points) this season (12 p.m., FOX 35 Plus (English) and UniMás/TUDN (Spanish)) — all in Orlando — and obviously the first time the teams have met in the postseason.
History
The Lions are 6-5-5 in 16 meetings with NYCFC in the all-time series in MLS play and 6-5-6 including U.S. Open Cup play (remember, games that go to penalty shootouts in knockout competition are officially draws), so the series between the two 2015 expansion sides has proven to be a competitive one, even though the teams’ overall fortunes have been quite different.