Facundo Torres put the exclamation point on the evening for the home side. He converted a breakaway opportunity in the 75th minute before turning provider for Benji Michel to add Orlando’s fifth and final strike in the 85th minute to send the purple faithful home singing in the rain.
“I think the confidence that [the players] showed today as a group helped them a lot to put things together. The team showed that we have talent,” Pareja concluded. “Congratulations to the players and congratulations to the fans for taking our club to another Final.”
-LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP MATCH REPORT-
Orlando City SC (Div. I MLS) vs. New York Red Bulls (Div. I MLS) - Semifinal
July 27, 2022 – 7:30 p.m. ET – 85 degrees, mostly sunny
Exploria Stadium; Orlando, Fla. (attendance - TBA)
Scoring Summary:
NYRB – Lewis Morgan (Patryk Klimala) 45 + 1
ORL – César Araujo 45+4
ORL – Mauricio Pereyra (João Moutinho) 47
ORL – César Araujo (Benji Michel) 62
ORL – Facundo Torres (Júnior Urso) 75
ORL – Benji Michel (Facundo Torres) 83
Lineups:
ORL: 1-Pedro Gallese; 4-João Moutinho, 6-Robin Jansson (15-Rodrigo Schlegel, 85), 25-Antônio Carlos, 2-Ruan (24-Kyle Smith, 69); 10-Mauricio Pereyra (C) (21-Andrés Perea, 81), 5-César Araujo (13-Tesho Akindele, 85), 17-Facundo Torres, 11-Júnior Urso, 7-Alexandre Pato (20-Nicholas Gioacchini, 85); 19-Benji Michel
Substitutes not used: 40-Adam Grinwis, 9-Ercan Kara
Head coach: Oscar Pareja
NYRB: 1-Carlos Coronel; 33-Aaron Long (C), 15-Sean Nealis, 12-Dylan Nealis, 47-John Tolkin; 23-Cristian Cásseres Jr, 8-Frankie Amaya (16-Dru Yearwood, 66), 10-Lewis Morgan (17-Cameron Harper, 66), 21-Omir Fernandez (37-Caden Clark, 56), 82-Luquinhas; 9-Patryk Klimala (74-Tom Barlow, 56)
Substitutes not used: 18-Ryan Meara, 4-Andrés Reyes, 75-Daniel Edelman
Head coach: Gerhard Struber
Stats Summary: ORL / NYRB
Shots: 14 / 18
Shots on Goal: 9 / 3
Saves: 2 / 4
Corner Kicks: 2 / 5
Fouls: 12 / 15
Offside: 1 / 3
Misconduct Summary:
NYRB – Luquinhas (Caution) 30th minute
ORL – Ruan (Caution) 51
ORL – Alexandre Pato (Caution) 52
NYRB – Sean Nealis (Caution) 55
ORL – César Araujo (Caution) 71
NYRB – Carlos Coronel (Caution) 77
ORL – Nicholas Gioacchini (Caution) 89
Officials:
Referee: Victor Rivas
AR1 & 2: Ben Pilgrim, Artyom Arustamyan
4th Official: Luis Arroyo