Orlando City at Deportivo Toluca FC (Leagues Cup)
When: Wednesday, 8:50 p.m.
Where: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, Calif.
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (subscription required)
Everything you need to know for the Lions’ quarterfinal match in Leagues Cup in “The Road Ahead”
Milestones
– Martín Ojeda has a goal contribution in fifteen consecutive matches, a club record he can extend to sixteen with a goal or an assist on Saturday.
– Ojeda is one goal contribution away from matching Facundo Torres’ Orlando City career record of 72 in all competitions.
– Ojeda’s next goal will tie him with Nani for third all-time in Orlando City history at 31. Ojeda is already second in club history in assists, six away from matching Mauricio Pereyra’s club record of 47.
– Ojeda’s next goal, his 18th of 2025, will also match Cyle Larin’s 2015 season for the second-highest scoring season in club history. Ojeda is three goals away from tying Facundo Torres’ club record 20-goal haul from 2024.
– Ramiro Enrique’s next appearance will be his 100th for Orlando City in all competitions. Enrique is two goals away from tying Duncan McGuire for fifth in club history in goals.
Stats & Storylines
– Orlando City continued its towering run of form with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, running its win streak to four in both regular season play and all competitions. The Lions are 6-0-1 in their last seven matches overall and have scored 21 goals over those seven games, including 15 in their last four.
– The win over Sporting Kansas City marked Oscar Pareja’s 100th with Orlando City in all competitions. Orlando is the first club with which Pareja has reached the century mark in victories.
– With Tyrese Spicer’s first Orlando goal in the second minute, Orlando City has scored within the first 15 minutes of each of their last five matches. Spicer’s goal was the fastest scored by an Orlando City player in his first start for the club. Winter signing Nico Rodríguez, who has missed significant time through injury, also scored his first goal for Orlando to seal the victory.
– Martín Ojeda continued his staggering goal contribution streak with his assist on Ramiro Enrique’s winner, marking the 12th straight league game and 15th straight overall in which he has scored or assisted a goal. Ojeda’s run is now tied for second in MLS regular season history with Sebastian Giovinco’s streak in 2018. Josef Martínez has the all-time MLS record at 15 games, a number Ojeda has already reached in all competitions.
– Ojeda was the leading goal provider in Leagues Cup Phase One, notching 3g/3a across Orlando City’s three matches in the tournament. Of the four players who had three assists in Phase One, Ojeda was the only one to score a goal. Only two players – Toluca’s Paulinho and Tigres’ Angel Correa – had more goals than Ojeda.
– Enrique has scored four goals as a substitute this season and has 10 goals in all competitions for the second straight season. Enrique is third in MLS in goals per 90 minutes behind Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Philadelphia’s Tai Baribo.
– Orlando City will travel approximately 4,595 air miles this week, going from Orlando to Carson, CA, for the neutral-site Leagues Cup quarterfinal with Toluca and then flying directly to Nashville, TN, for a weekend matchup with the Coyotes at Geodis Park.
– The Toluca match will be the Lions’ first neutral-site game since the MLS is Back Tournament final in August 2020 at Walt Disney World. Even though all Leagues Cup games take place in the United States, Toluca had hosting priority over Orlando City due to tournament seeding, meaning the game could not be played at Inter&Co Stadium. Orlando did play CF Montréal at Sports Illustrated Stadium in November 2020, but that game is officially recorded as an away game because Montréal’s home base was in New Jersey during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Series History
All-time vs. Toluca – First meeting
Meet the opponent: Deportivo Toluca FC
– Toluca has as strong a claim as any club to the crown of “best club in North America” at the moment. Los Diablos Rojos snapped Club América’s run of three straight Liga MX titles this past spring by defeating Las Águilas in the Clausura 2025 final, winning their first league championship since 2010. Toluca finished atop the Liga MX table in Leagues Cup Phase One, overcoming a 2-0 deficit to defeat Columbus in penalties before back-to-back 2-1 wins over Montréal and New York City.
– Based about 40 miles outside Mexico City, Toluca are one of the most successful clubs in Liga MX history, having never been relegated since joining the top flight in 1953. Los Diablos Rojos have won 11 Liga MX titles, the third most of any team behind Club América and Chivas Guadalajara, along with two Copa MX titles and two CONCACAF Champions Cups.
– Toluca has reestablished themselves as one of the top clubs in Liga MX after a fallow period in the 2010s, thanks to strong investment and recruitment, both on and off the pitch. Manager Antonio Mohamed is a legend in Mexican soccer, having enjoyed a successful run as a striker in Liga MX in the 1990s before a wildly successful coaching career. Mohamed has won the Liga MX title with four different clubs, taking Tijuana, América, Monterrey, and finally Toluca to the championship.
– On the field, Los Diablos Rojos are led by Portuguese striker Paulinho, who joined Toluca for a reported $8 million last summer after a terrific run in Portugal and went on to score 25 goals in 32 regular season games in 2024/25, winning the Golden Boot. Paulinho is currently the top scorer in the 2025 Leagues Cup with four goals through three games. Toluca also features Mexican international winger Alexis Vega, who recorded 12g/11a last season and was one of the stars of El Tri’s run to the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup title.