HIGHLIGHTS- Club Santos Laguna vs. Orlando City - July 29, 2023

This back line, though, has got 165 appearances and just one player. You got 465 when you spread it out with the goalkeeper. You're looking at a key assist leader, seven assist leads the team, 16th in MLS. They lacked a little bit centrally, which will settle the dust in the South Regions group number two. We invite you to turn off the world and turn on the game. We're playing for three points in Leagues Cup on the final match day of South group number two. You are dictating what they're going to be. We haven't seen that for either one of these squads so far. And really, for Santos Laguna all season. Santos driving forward here. Good looking opportunity, saved by Galese. Mauricio Pereira, the all-time assist leader for Orlando City. On top of the set piece, elects to go short. And now Kyle Smith set to deliver. Good looking ball in, Jansen at the back post, lays it off for McGuire. It's off the post. The offside flag, I have to imagine, was going to go up. The good news is, is you're in the right spot. And that's the most important thing. The squad really struggled at the beginning of the game versus Houston Dynamo. But on the front foot here, good movement side to side. We've seen some long balls testing up over the top, a little creativity. Santos again. Torres staying at his feet. Ivan Angulo trying to slide it across. Cervantes, great little ball. Campos sliding it across. It's Preciado who misses it on the doorstep. Angulo decided to bring it down. It could be a costly mistake. Lopez going for goal. And it is a costly mistake. And Santos capitalize. And it's the man who missed the penalty in the shootout on Tuesday night, who atones for his sins. Raul Lopez opens the scoring at Exploria Stadium. It's 1-0. Impressive as he's been. It's a bit too advantageous of a thought that gets out in front of him here. This touch has got to be back. Played a little five yard ball. Live to die another day. And instead, gets a little bit too cute with it. It exposes all that space just in front of the back line. As you come square, you wonder defensively, where's Cartagena? Where's Adujo? Instead, the follow up run pushed high by Raul Lopez. Still Torres. Rafael Santos, good looking ball in for Duncan Maguire. The Creighton product is red hot. And the Lions are level. That this is his first season, not just in professional football, but top flight. The ball is pristine by Rafael Santos, but that little move by Duncan Maguire. He's got this great little check. Sits idly by on the back shoulder, waits, then explodes to the near post. We talk about making all the difficult things look easy, but that was off the Richter scale. Anything else? And it gets a little bit more complicated. Tyler Terrence, along with the ex-German pro Devin Kerr. Glad to have you with us here on a Saturday night on Apple TV and MLS season passes. Pareda, picking up right where he left off, going for goal. It's a magnificent hit. Mauricio Pareda, waiting till the end of July for his first goal of the year. Well worth the wait. The one for Santos was direct up over the top. This is similar. It's just on the ground. Pretty decent first touch by Mauricio Pareda, but he's not exactly sure what that next one is going to be. You have the inverted run by Dagger Dan. Instead, he likes to go it alone. He drags two players with him, probably thinking that he's going to have to get a little touch to the side. Instead, his first one out in front allows him the progression to have a crack at this from distance. Trying to escape the recovery run of Ando Lopez. Falls kindly here for Santos Laguna. Runeta picking it up, Pesciano to his left. Runeta, still going. And Gallese can see it skip wide. Dangerous here. Who else? Harold Pesciano. And it looks like the call on the field is a goal for the time being. Quick to mention here real quick, that Alan Cervantes is down in the box. So you wonder, does he affect the run of play? He's in an offside position. This ball comes back over the top. You've got a decision to make here. If you're Antonio Carlos, the arms up, his momentum's there. But to be fair, Carlos is leaning that directions anyway. It's a goal. Santos Laguna, once again, just like they did on Tuesday night. Rodriguez driving forward, cutting back, finding Pesciano and saved by Gallese. He wants to get forward as well. Facundo Torres, finding Cartagena. Carra, on a U-Haul. Good flag stays down and the Peruvian might have just won it. And have just set up a Florida derby with Lionel Messi and Inter Miami for the Golden Boot race. And yet, all of that at the forefront of this conversation. Just watch himself continue to peel off on the backside. He recognizes he's got a holding midfielder that doesn't see the run. Beautifully taken, onside. Forward thinking philosophy for the final 35 yards. And for Cartagena, who is just shy of his 19th birthday. The Peruvian buries his first goal for Orlando City in top flight. In perfect fashion. And a game winner with a date in the final 32. Oscar Pereja in Orlando City will have a historic date of Florida derby in the round of 32 of League's Cup. And a chance to see Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Tata Martino for the first time.