ORLANDO, Fla. (September 30, 2017) - Following Saturday’s win over Charleston, Orlando City B (9-8-12, 39 points) will take on the Richmond Kickers (7-14-8, 29 points) on Sunday, Oct. 1. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET at City Stadium.
The match will be streamed online at www.OrlandoCitySC.com/LIVE.
“Huge game Sunday night at Richmond. Tough place to go. We’ve played them twice already and they’ve given us two difficult games,” OCB head coach Anthony Pulis said. “We know going there it’s not going to be easy. But the guys have trained really well this week coming off the back of a good result and a good performance last week against Charleston. Hopefully we can keep this momentum going now through the last three games of the season. But the focus is 100 percent on Richmond.”
Orlando City B is coming off a 2-1 victory against the Charleston Battery. The Lions opened the scoring when Pierre Da Silva ripped a shot from Lewis Neal off the post and in the back of the net in the 31st minute. Heviel Cordovés scored the equalizer for the Battery in the 81st minute. Neal scored the game-winning goal in the 87th minute, nailing a shot off Charleston goalkeeper Odisnel Cooper into the corner.
Hadji Barry leads OCB with eight goals, while Richie Laryea, Albert Dikwa and Da Silva are all tied for second with three goals each. Da Silva is third in the league with seven assists. Goalkeeper Jake Fenlason has started the last five games following Earl Edwards, Jr.’s recall to the First Team.
This will be the third meeting of the season between Orlando City B and Richmond. OCB picked up three points in their first encounter on Aug. 12 with a 1-0 victory at City Stadium. On Sept. 12, the Kickers took the second with a 2-0 victory.
Richmond is coming off a 1-0 home win against the Rochester Rhinos this past Saturday. Mikey Minutillo scored in the 80th minute with an assist from Travis Worra.
Alhaji Kamara leads the Kickers with four goals in nine appearances. Matt Turner has 60 saves in 20 games played. Richmond is in 14th place, 10 points out from a playoff spot.
The Lions are currently in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference standings tied with 39 points with Bethlehem Steel FC. OCB is in one point ahead of ninth-place New York Red Bulls II and one point behind sixth-place FC Cincinnati.
The Lions return to Orlando City Stadium to host the New York Red Bulls II on Saturday, Oct. 7. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.
