Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders 8/31/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Orlando City SC hosts the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. Orlando is fifth in the Eastern Conference table at 11-6-10 on 39 points with a goal difference of -6. Orlando City took all three points last Sunday when defeating New York City FC 2-1 at home. Junior Urso opened the scoring for Orlando with a goal in the 87th minute and Tesho Akindele scored the winner in second-half stoppage time (90’+6’).

Orlando City has had three consecutive victories after defeating New York City FC last Sunday. This is the first time in more than a year that Orlando has managed to win three straight matches. Ercan Kara is the leading goal scorer for Orlando City with eight, while Facundo Torres has scored five. Torres and Mauricio Pereyra are the leaders in assists with six apiece.

Seattle is 10th in the Western Conference table at 10-3-14 on 33 points with a goal difference of 0. Seattle fell to the Portland Timbers 2-1 last Friday. Seattle opened the scoring with a goal by Yeimar Gomez in the eighth minute but would not score again and gave up a pair of unanswered goals to lose on the road. 

Seattle has lost eight of its last 12 matches in MLS play with three wins and one draw. Seattle's loss to Portland was its 14th of this season which equals its most losses in one season in club history. Jordan Morris is the leading goal scorer for Seattle with seven, while Raul Ruidiaz has scored six. Nicolas Lodeiro is the leader in assists for Seattle with seven.