ORLANDO, Fla. (September 7, 2017) - Orlando City B (8-6-12, 36 points) will take on the Richmond Kickers (5-13-8, 23 points) on Thursday, Sept. 7. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. ET at Orlando City Stadium.
The match will be streamed at www.OrlandoCitySC.com/LIVE. The match was originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Irma. The Orlando Pride match against Seattle Reign FC will kickoff at 8 p.m. ET at Orlando City Stadium. OCB fans are invited to stay for the Pride match.
“[Richmond] was really good when we played up there a month ago. They’ve got some really good attacking players. Lots of mobility, lots of pace in forward areas,” OCB head coach Anthony Pulis said. “They’re a decent side. In my opinion, they’re a lot better than what their results have shown. We need to make sure we’re ready for them.”
OCB is coming off a 1-1 draw against Bethlehem Steel on Aug. 31. Pierre Da Silva finished Albert Dikwa’s pass off the corner of the post in the 75th minute. Bethlehem’s Marcus Epps equalized in the 86th minute with a shot from the corner of the area.
This is the second meeting against Richmond in the last month. On Aug. 12, OCB took an early lead in the 24th minute when Hadji Barry finished Da Silva’s cross. Goalkeeper Earl Edwards, Jr. made one save to earn OCB its eighth clean sheet of the season.
Barry leads the team with eight goals, while Da Silva leads the team with seven assists. OCB enters the match on a Club record 12-game unbeaten run. The Lions are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 36 points, two points behind fifth-place Tampa Bay and one ahead of eighth-place FC Cincinnati.
Alhaji Kamara leads Richmond with four goals in nine appearances. Fred Sekyere leads the team with three assists in 20 appearances. Matt Turner has 60 saves in 20 appearances. Richmond is in 14th place, 12 points out of a playoff spot.
OCB visits Saint Louis FC on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 8:30 p.m. ET, before returning to Orlando City Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 23 to host the Charleston Battery.
