MLS

Orlando City SC vs Real Salt Lake, 2020 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
Orlando City SC
FT
0 - 0
Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake, Orlando City open season with scoreless draw

Orlando City and visiting Real Salt Lake shared the spoils Saturday as the sides battled to a scoreless draw in the 2020 curtain-raiser.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Nick Besler (Real Salt Lake).
  • 1': Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 8': Hand ball by Chris Mueller (Orlando City SC).
  • 11': Benji Michel (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Foul by Marcelo Silva (Real Salt Lake).
  • 14': Foul by Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC).
  • 14': Tate Schmitt (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 18': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ruan.
  • 22': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 23': Offside, Orlando City SC. Chris Mueller tries a through ball, but Tesho Akindele is caught offside.
  • 24': Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC).
  • 26': Offside, Orlando City SC. João Moutinho tries a through ball, but Tesho Akindele is caught offside.
  • 28': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Aaron Herrera.
  • 29': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Zac MacMath.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Chris Mueller (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
  • 30': Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Antônio Carlos (Orlando City SC).
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 32': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Justen Glad.
  • 34': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Justen Glad.
  • 37': Foul by Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC).
  • 37': Justin Portillo (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Nick Besler tries a through ball, but Justen Glad is caught offside.
  • 38': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC).
  • 38': Nick Besler (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Benji Michel (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
  • 40': Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC).
  • 40': Antônio Carlos (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake).
  • 41': Foul by Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
  • 41': Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 41': Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tate Schmitt.
  • 45': First Half ends, Orlando City SC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Orlando City SC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.
  • 46': Foul by Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake).
  • 46': Ruan (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Justin Portillo (Real Salt Lake).
  • 47': Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 50': Foul by Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC).
  • 52': Foul by Justin Portillo (Real Salt Lake).
  • 52': Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 55': Chris Mueller (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 55': Foul by Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
  • 58': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Jhegson Méndez.
  • 58': Hand ball by Tate Schmitt (Real Salt Lake).
  • 62': Attempt missed. Justin Portillo (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 63': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Corey Baird replaces Justen Glad.
  • 63': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Nedum Onuoha.
  • 65': Substitution, Orlando City SC. Robinho replaces Benji Michel.
  • 66': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 68': Foul by Justin Portillo (Real Salt Lake).
  • 68': Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Justin Meram replaces Tate Schmitt.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 71': Offside, Orlando City SC. Chris Mueller tries a through ball, but Ruan is caught offside.
  • 72': Foul by Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake).
  • 72': Robinho (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Chris Mueller (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mauricio Pereyra with a through ball.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Jhegson Méndez (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Mueller.
  • 74': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 75': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Marcelo Silva.
  • 75': Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC).
  • 75': Mauricio Pereyra (Orlando City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Giuseppe Rossi replaces Justin Portillo.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Mueller with a cross.
  • 79': Corner, Orlando City SC. Conceded by Nick Besler.
  • 80': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Ruan.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Chris Mueller (Orlando City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
  • 84': Substitution, Orlando City SC. Santiago Patiño replaces Tesho Akindele.
  • 84': Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Foul by João Moutinho (Orlando City SC).
  • 86': Foul by Robinho (Orlando City SC).
  • 86': Justin Meram (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Ruan.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Meram.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 88': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Robin Jansson.
  • 88': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Antônio Carlos.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake).
  • 90'+1': Robin Jansson (Orlando City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Orlando City SC. Andrés Perea replaces Ruan.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Júnior Urso (Orlando City SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Robinho.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Orlando City SC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Orlando City SC 0, Real Salt Lake 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 12
2 Saves 1
49.4 Possession 50.6
5 SHOTS 9
1 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
317 Accurate Passes 327
411 Passes 412
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 4
12 Crosses 27
0.0 Cross % 0.1
56 Long Balls 44
22 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 3
13 Effective Tackles 14
25 Tackles 24
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
15 Interceptions 10
34 Effective Clearances 18
34 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Inter&Co Stadium
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Attendance: 25,527

MLS Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Atlanta United FC 0 0 0
2 CF Montréal 0 0 0
3 Charlotte FC 0 0 0
4 Chicago Fire FC 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

ORL Orlando City SC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Pedro Gallese (GK)
6 Robin Jansson
25 Antônio Carlos
4 Joao Moutinho
2 Ruan
10 Mauricio Pereyra Yellow Card
8 Jhegson Méndez
11 Júnior Urso
13 Tesho Akindele
19 Benji Michel
9 Chris Mueller
Orlando City SC Substitutes:
Joseph Dezart, Santiago Patino, Kamal Miller, Brian Rowe, Andrés Perea, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robinho.

RSL Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
18 Zac MacMath (GK)
14 Nedum Onuoha
30 Marcelo Silva
4 Danny Toia
15 Justen Glad Yellow Card
11 Albert Rusnák
43 Justin Portillo
13 Nick Besler
8 Damir Kreilach
21 Tate Schmitt
22 Aaron Herrera
Real Salt Lake Substitutes:
Giuseppe Rossi, Douglas Martínez, Pablo Ruiz, Justin Meram, Corey Baird, Andrew Putna, Maikel Chang.

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