Club Connections
- M Dillon Powers (Plano) and M Tony Rocha (Spring) are both from Texas
- M Dillon Powers was teammates with Dallas F Dominique Badji at Colorado Rapids from 2015 until Powers was acquired via trade on Aug. 10, 2017. Powers was also teammates with Dallas D Maynor Figueroa at Colorado in 2015.
- M Will Johnson was teammates with Dallas F Tesho Akindele for 5 matches with the Canada national team from 2015 to 2016. Johnson was also teammates with Dallas F Maxi Urruti at Portland Timbers from 2013 to 2015. Timbers won MLS Cup in 2015.
- D Scott Sutter was teammates with Dallas D Reto Ziegler at Grasshopper (Zurich) and with the Switzerland U-21 and Senior national teams between 2004 and 2010.
Milestone Tracker
- M Sacha Kljestan’s next assist will be the 91st of his career and tie him with M Cobi Jones for 8th-most in MLS history (regular season only)
- F Chris Mueller’s next appearance will be his 30th across all competitions for City in 2018. Mueller would become the 12th player in Club history to appear in 30+ matches across all competitions in a single season and the first Lions rookie ever to do so. Mueller leads the team with 27 MLS apps and 29 total apps in 2018.
- F Giles Barnes is the Club single-season record holder with 35 apps across all competitions (2017). He and GK Joe Bendik (2016) are the only players to appear in all 34 MLS matches in a single season.
- The Club rookie record was 28 total appearances (F Cyle Larin, 2015)
- M Cristian Higuita is 6 appearances from his 100th all-time across all competitions for City. The Lions have 5 games remaining in 2018, so Higuita will not get to 100 this season. He is the closest to becoming the first player in Club history to appear in 100 matches across all competitions (MLS era).
- M Cristian Higuita or GK Joe Bendik’s next appearance will be their 92nd for City in MLS, which would be the Club record.
- M Yoshi Yotun’s next appearance will be his 30th for City in MLS; they’ve all been starts
- M Yotun’s 4 goals, 14 assists since his debut on Aug. 12, 2017 are 2nd on the team to F Dom Dwyer’s 16 goals, 4 assists
- F Dom Dwyer’s next Shot will be his 100th as a Lion in MLS. Dwyer has 16 goals in 34 games since joining City in July 2017.
- Orlando City is 6 goals away from its 200th all-time goal across all competitions (MLS era)
Final First
FC Dallas is the only team that Orlando City has never scored against in MLS. The Lions lost 2-0 in 2015, 4-0 in 2016 before drawing 0-0 at Orlando City Stadium in September 2017.
