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Orlando City vs. New York City FC: Player Grades and Man of the Match How did your favorite Lions perform in Orlando City’s 5-0 loss against NYCFC?

Here's how your favorite Lions rated in Orlando City's horribawful 10-man showing at New York City FC. (You should probably not look for grades to be high.) Our player grades and Man of the Match:
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Lion Links: 3/9/26 Lions fall to New York City FC, Pride beat Fort Lauderdale United in final preseason match, OCB beats Chicago Fire II, and more.

Lion Links: Lions fall to New York City FC, Pride beat Fort Lauderdale United in final preseason match, OCB beats Chicago Fire II, and more.

Orlando City B vs. Chicago Fire FC II: Final Score 2-1 as Young Lions Pick Up First Win of the Season OCB claims its first points of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro campaign with a 2-1 win over Chicago Fire FC II.

OCB 2-1 Chicago Fire II: The Young Lions get their first win of the season behind goals by Pedro Leao and Justin Ellis. Our match recap and highlights:
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FT - OCB holds on to defeat Chicago Fire II 2-1 for their first points of the 2026 MLS NEXT Pro season. Pedro Leao and Justin Ellis are the goal scorers.

The free kick by Gustavo Caraballo is right to Owen Pratt.

90+1' - Jack Sandmeyer fouls Harvey Sarajian near the top corner of the Chicago box. OCB has a dangerous free kick in a position as they look to put the game away.

6 minutes added to the second half.

OCB was down to 10 for a minute because Ellis took to long to leave the field. So Okonski had to wait.

86' - OCB subs: Landon Okonski and Logan Tsopanoglou come on for Justin Ellis and Pedro Leao.

84' - Justin Ellils finds Pedro Leao in the box. The striker's second touch is a shot that goes wide.

83' - David Poreba finds Dean Boltz between two players. The substitute shoots, but it's wide.

Caraballo rolls it to Ellis off the set piece and Ellis shoots from distance, but it causes no trouble for Pratt.

81' - Tidiane Diawara takes down Parker Amoo-Mensah from behind and OCB has a free kick in the Chicago third of the field.

75' - Justin Ellis receives a pass in the box and it looked like he had space for a shot, but he backheels it to Dylan Judelson, whose shot is blocked.

74' - Justin Ellis draws a foul from Jack Sandmeyer, whose booked for the challenge. Free kick here for OCB in the Chicago third.

72' - Goal OCB! Justin Ellis is sent forward into the Chicago box and sends a rocket past Pratt to give OCB a 2-1 lead.

71' - OCB sub: Parker Amoo-Mensah comes on for Jaylen Yearwood.

70' - Pedro Leao becomes the third OCB player booked in this game.

69' - Dean Boltz is sent through but Tristan Himes comes out and makes the stop.

64' - Dominik Baczewski finds Gustavo Caraballo right next to him but the shot is caught by Owen Pratt.

61' - OCB subs: Gustavo Caraballo and Dominik Baczewski come on for Yutaro Tsukada and Nicolas Lasheras.

60' - Yutaro Tsukada forces Owen Pratt into a diving, one-handed save to keep the game tied.

57' - David Poreba's long-distance shot forces Tristan Himes to tip it over the crossbar.

55' - David Poreba is sent into the OCB box, but it's deflected out for a corner kick.

52' - Harvey Sarajian dribbles into the box and finds Justin Ellis with plenty of space, but the Homegrown products sends it over the crossbar. Golden opportunity there for the Young Lions to retake the lead.

46' - Harvey Sarajian lays the ball back for Dylan Judelson who puts his shot on target, but Owen Pratt makes a good save.

The second half is underway with OCB and Chicago Fire II tied 1-1.

HT - That's the end of the first 45 minutes. A couple of late goals has the game tied 1-1 at the break.

A couple of shot but one is blocked and the second is off target.

45+4' - Zakaria Taifi fouls Charles Nagle near the top of the box and is booked for the challenge. Dangerous set piece for Chicago here right at the end of the half.