Orlando City SC vs Seattle Sounders FC 8/31/2022 Picks

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The Orlando City SC (11-6-10) will play the Seattle Sounders FC (10-3-14) in the MLS Inter-Conference at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 7:30 PM ET.

Orlando City is in 5th place at 11-6-10 on 39 points in the Eastern Conference after tallying 32 goals but conceding 38 for a -6 goal difference through 27 outings played for the year.

The Lions look for their 4th straight win coming to this match-up versus the Sounders on Wednesday after shutting down the NY Red bulls at 1-0, Charlotte at 2-1, and New York City at 2-1 in succession.

Midfielder Junior Urso nailed the first goal in the 7th minute of the action while Forward Tesho Akindele added one goal in the 90th minute of regulation time that sealed the victory for Orlando.

Forward Ercan Kara led the Lions with 8 goals scored after playing 23 matches while Midfielder Facundo Torres contributed 5 goals in 26 outings played in the major league this year.

Midfielders Facundo Torres and Mauricio Pereyra enhanced the offense for OCSC after distributing 6 assists each. Pedro Gallese (82-59-82 career record in MLS) will be guarding the net for Orlando City against Seattle on Wednesday.

The goalkeeper hailed from Peru sported 57 shutouts that earned him a clean sheet rate of 25.3% in his 225 starting assignments for the year. Gallese held a save percentage record of .671 with 392 stops in 20,091 minutes of goalkeeping in pro soccer.

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Orlando City SC vs Seattle Sounders FC Predictions 8/31/2022

The Seattle Sounders FC fell to 10th place at 10-3-14 on 33 points in the Western Conference after scoring a total of 36 goals but also allowed 36 for a goal difference of zero after finishing 27 outings throughout the season.

The Sounders lost three in their last five including a 1-2 defeat to the Portland Timbers on August 26 following a 3-3 draw with LA Galaxy on August 19.

Defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade nailed the first goal of the match in the 8th minute of regulation time but never got up from there after allowing two goals to the Timbers in the loss.

Seattle tried 9 shots but made only 2 on target with 15 fouls committed and received 2 yellow card violations in the contest.

Forward Jordan Morris led the offense for the Sounders with 7 goals scored through 23 games played while Forward Raúl Ruidiaz added 6 in completing 14 matches for the season.

Midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro helped his teammates to a goal on 7 occasions after finishing 22 contests played this year. The Seattle Sounders will appoint Stefan Frei (159-79-128 mark in his career in the majors) to defend the net versus the Orlando City offenders on Wednesday.

The Swiss-American footballer owned a save percentage of .720 with a clean sheet rate of 26.4% in his 367 career starts as a goalie. Frei is sporting a total of 97 shutouts and defended a total of 1,624 shots tried against him in 33,006 minutes of goalkeeping in MLS.

Orlando City SC vs. Seattle Sounders FC. The MLS Pick for this match is Seattle +210. The Sounders are the better team here after beating OCSC four times with one draw in their last five meetings in MLS.

Seattle collected 36 goals with zero goal difference while Orlando City has a -6 goal difference after gaining 32 goals but losing 38. The prediction: Seattle Sounders will win 2-1.

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