Coaches Caleb Porter and Adrian Heath shake hands before the game, that would be the only amicable part of the afternoon, it was a tough, contested game with a lot of friction between players.
Clyde Larin would score the first goal in a defensive error by Portland, up till that point Orlando had controlled most of the game and created the most chances.
Portland reacted with incisive runs by Nagbe, who played a good game, but weren’t capable of creating real danger for the Orlando City defense.
Rafael Ramos, needed attendance after a tackle from Adi, angry and very frustrated with the ref for asking him to wait to enter the field, spat on one of the photographers in the end zone.
The home team protested an uncalled penalty in this play still with Orlando only one goal up, the ref was very criticized by the fans all game. Chants of “f#ck the Ref” were heard repeatedly.
The penalty was called on a last dash rush by Kwarasey, the Portland keeper stopped the first penalty, but the referee had it taken again because Portland defender Borchers had entered the area. Kaka scored on the repeat to the final 2-0.
Porter had Fernandez enter the game for Vilafana, Ridgewell took on the left defender role on a 3 man line. Fernandez revitalized the attack creating chances but with not enough time to make a dent in the game.
