ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2023) — The 2023 regular seasons were historic ones for all three of Orlando’s soccer clubs, with Orlando City SC, Orlando Pride and Orlando City B all having record-setting campaigns this year.
On the Major League Soccer side, City earned the No. 2 overall seed heading into the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs, earning home-field advantage through at least the first two rounds. Orlando Pride, the Club’s National Women’s Soccer League team, earned the most home wins in its nine-year history and tied for the second most wins in the league with 10. Orlando City B clinched its first-ever MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs appearance with forward Jack Lynn winning MLS NEXT Pro MVP, MLS NEXT Pro Best XI and a share of the Golden Boot.
Here's how things shaped out for Orlando City:
- City will make its fourth-consecutive postseason appearance, all coming under the helm of Oscar Pareja.
- Earned the No. 2 overall seed for the Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs, finishing with the second-most points (63) across the entire league.
- Clinched a spot in the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup for the second-straight season.
- The Lions finished the regular season with 18 wins and 63 points, both of which are Club single-season records.
- The Lions scored 55 goals this season, tying their single-season record, previously set in the 2016 season.
- Earned their 100th regular season MLS win since their expansion into the league in 2015 with a 4-3 win over the Columbus Crew on Sept. 16.
- Rookie Duncan McGuire scored 15 goals across all competitions, with 13 of them coming in the regular season.
- McGuire finished the regular season with the second-most goals in MLS history scored by a draft pick in their first MLS season out of college, only behind former Lion Cyle Larin who scored 17 in 2015.
- Earned his first call-up for the U.S. while a member of the Lions, joining the U.S. Men’s Olympic Team in October for matches against Mexico and Japan, scoring against the latter.
- Captain Mauricio Pereyra broke the Club’s MLS regular-season assist record with 12, breaking his own mark he set last year.
- Facundo Torres recorded 14 goals, which is the most he has scored in a single season since joining the Club. He went a perfect five-for-five from the penalty spot.
- Goalkeeper Pedro Gallese recorded a Club-record 11 clean sheets this season across all competitions, 10 of which came in the regular season.
- Mason Stajduhar, the longest-tenured player in Orlando City history, recorded the first-ever goalkeeper assist in the team's 2-0 Decision Day win at Toronto FC.
- Defender Robin Jansson became the Club’s all-time appearance leader and became the first City player to appear in 150 games for the Club.
- Head Coach Oscar Pareja became the sixth head coach in MLS history to record 150 wins.
