Orlando City vs Columbus Crew live stream
You can watch Orlando City vs Columbus Crew in the Eastern Conference semi-final of the MLS Cup Playoffs around the world with the Apple TV Plus MLS Season Pass. Read on to find out how much it costs in your country, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Full details on how to watch Orlando City vs Columbus Crew just below.
Orlando City vs Columbus Crew: match preview
The MLS Cup Playoffs are boiling down to quite the denouement after the best-of-three Round One matches. We're now at the Conference semi-finals stage, with a winner-takes-all single-game fixture to decide the finalists. First up is Orlando City vs Columbus Crew, in the Eastern Conference, which pits the meanest defense left in the MLS Cup against the tournament's most thrilling attack. It's a battle of coaching ideologies, too, and a game not to be missed.
Orlando City may be a relatively new MLS franchise, coming into being only in 2015, but Óscar Pareja's side has been in resolute form this season proving their defensive mettle in registering home-and-away 1-0 victories over Nashville in Round One.
The Lions finished second in the Eastern Conference, conceding just 39 times in 34 outings, with a better-than-the-sum-of-their-parts squad that thrives under Pareja's pragmatic approach. Peru international goalkeeper Pedro Gallese has been consistently excellent this season. Orlando can still attack, though, and beat Saturday's opponents in a 4-3 thriller back in September.
Under head coach Wilfried Nancy, Columbus Crew are one of the most attacking teams left in the MLS Cup 2023. Playing with a front-foot high press, the Crew scored more regular season goals (67) than anyone else and it's testament to Nancy's coaching philosophy that their forward-thinking mantra has got them to the playoff semi-finals.
Striker Cucho Hernández has struck three times already in the postseason, where they remain the top scorers after winning a deciding Round One game 4-2 against Atlanta United. Nancy says "the scoreboard isn't important" compared with how his players execute his attacking instructions. MLS Cup champions in 2008 and 2020, can the Crew brings their big-game experience into this massive encounter?
Orlando finished second, six points ahead of Columbus in third, but that comes to nought in a one-game shootout for a spot in the Eastern Conference final. Follow our guide as we explain all the ways to get the Orlando City vs Columbus Crew live stream online and wherever you are. Don't miss this massive game.
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