COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ramiro Enrique scored a late brace asOrlando City SC (11-6-8, 41 points)rallied to defeat the Columbus Crew (12-5-8, 44 points) 3-1 on Friday night at Lower.com Field.
Following a scoreless first half, Columbus took the lead after being awarded a penalty kick in the 66th minute that Diego Rossi converted. A minute later, Ramiro Enrique entered the match as a substitute and made an immediate impact, scoring a brace in a span of four minutes to reverse the result. Iván Angulo and Martín Ojeda each earned assists on both goals. Ojeda then put the result away in the sixth minute of stoppage time, receiving an incisive through ball from Alex Freeman on a counterattack that the Argentine slotted past Patrick Schulte’s near post to hand Columbus just their second home loss this season.
With his performance tonight, Ojeda reached 25 goal contributions (13g, 12a) in regular season play this year, extending his club-record streak to 10 consecutive MLS games with a goal contribution and surpassing former Orlando City forward Nani for the most goal contributions in a single MLS season. His 25 goal contributions currently rank third overall in the league heading into the remainder of Matchday 27.
Match Notes:
- M Martín Ojeda reached 13 goals and 12 assists on the season, surpassing former Lion Nani for the most goal contributions in a single MLS season (previous: 22).
- Ojeda has now logged 57 career goal contributions in regular season play, tying former Lion Facundo Torres for the most all-time in Club history.
- Ojeda extended his club-record streak to 10 consecutive MLS games with a goal contribution.
- F Ramiro Enrique scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season in league play, reaching 25 career goals across all competitions and matching former Lion Kaká for sixth-most in Club history across all competitions.
- F Iván Angulo recorded his fifth and sixth assists of the MLS season on both of Enrique’s goals. The Colombian has three goal contributions in his past two games.
- D Alex Freeman recorded his second assist of the regular season on Ojeda’s goal.
- Orlando City extended their current unbeaten run on the road to five games. The Lions have just one loss in their past 12 away matches in league play dating back to March.
- Head coach Oscar Pareja made no changes to his starting lineup from the club’s previous match against the New England Revolution.
Scoring Summary:
66’ Diego Rossi (Penalty Kick) – CLB 1, ORL 0
76’ Ramiro Enrique (Iván Angulo, Martín Ojeda) – CLB 1, ORL 1
79’ Ramiro Enrique (Iván Angulo, Martín Ojeda) – CLB 1, ORL 2
90+6’ Martín Ojeda (Alex Freeman) – CLB 1, ORL 3
Next Match: Orlando City will return home to host Pumas UNAM at Inter&Co Stadium in 2025 Leagues Cup action on Wednesday, July 30. The Phase One match is set to kick off at 8 p.m. ET on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, Apple TV+, FS1, UniMás and TUDN.
