{"id":903379,"date":"2026-05-04T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/orlando-city-stun-miami-in-florida-derby-comeback-for-the-ages-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T05:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:17:28","slug":"orlando-city-stun-miami-in-florida-derby-comeback-for-the-ages-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/orlando-city-stun-miami-in-florida-derby-comeback-for-the-ages-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando City stun Miami in Florida Derby comeback for the ages | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>  <main role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\"><\/p>\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/orlando-city\/\">Orlando City<\/a> just produce the best comeback in MLS history?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>You won\u2019t see many better than Saturday&#8217;s historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/miavsorl-05-02-2026\/\">4-3 come-from-behind victory<\/a> at Florida Derby rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\">Inter Miami CF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Led by a hat trick from star Designated Player\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/martin-ojeda\/\">Mart\u00edn Ojeda<\/a>, the Lions overcame a 3-0 deficit with four unanswered goals to secure a wild win at Nu Stadium, capped by a second-half stoppage-time winner from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/tyrese-spicer\/\">Tyrese Spicer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way we came out in the first half, it wasn\u2019t us,\u201d Ojeda said after the game. \u201cIn the second half, we came out and showed who we can be as a team\u2026 Very proud to win a cl\u00e1sico away and very proud of this group.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Mart\u00edn the magic man<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Just over half an hour into the match, Orlando appeared down and out. Led by 1g\/2a from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\">Lionel Messi<\/a>, Miami were cruising. By the end of a chaotic 90-plus minutes, however, Orlando had flipped the script.<\/p>\n<p>Such a crucial win over their in-state rival could be the spark they need to turn their season around.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, it was Ojeda who spearheaded the turnaround. The Argentine attacker diced through Miami\u2019s defense for a pair of sweet left-footed goals, then potted a penalty kick to level the match at 3-3. He\u2019s now up to seven goals on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Even as Orlando\u2019s early-season struggles dropped them near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, they have continued to show their attacking quality. In midweek, Ojeda played the full 90 minutes in another thrilling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/u-s-open-cup\/2026\/matches\/nevsorl-04-29-2026\/\">4-3 victory<\/a>, this time over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/new-england-revolution\/\">New England Revolution<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/u-s-open-cup\/\">US Open Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m so happy for Mart\u00edn,\u201d interim head coach Mart\u00edn Perelman said. \u201cMart\u00edn played 90 minutes 72 hours ago. He doesn&#8217;t want to leave the field, even for one second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an exceptional player and I&#8217;m so happy for him, and for us to have a player like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow! \ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoCitySC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OrlandoCitySC<\/a> erase a 3-0 deficit to take down their rivals in Miami <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C7ESETBztK\">pic.twitter.com\/C7ESETBztK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/2050751546875433159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Nu woes<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Miami\u2019s struggles in their newly minted stadium continued. The Herons are now winless in four games since opening their state-of-the-art venue in April.<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s star-studded attack helped create a frenzied last 10 minutes, but it was Spicer, the 2024 MLS SuperDraft No. 1 overall pick, who emerged as the hero. He ran onto a brilliant dummy by Ojeda and slotted home the winner \u2013 completing one of the great single-game comebacks in MLS history.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s epic rally was just the third time in league history that a team won after trailing 3\u20130.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s reflective of the work we&#8217;ve been doing,\u201d Ojeda said. \u201cThe only way to push forward is to continue to work. As a group, we&#8217;re all very united and focused on the goals we have ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did an amazing job,\u201d Perelman said. \u201cLittle by little, we are getting closer to the team we want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/main><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/orlando-city-deliver-comeback-for-the-ages-in-florida-derby-win-over-inter-miami\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Randy Mote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Did Orlando City just produce the best comeback in MLS history? You won\u2019t see many better than Saturday&#8217;s historic 4-3 come-from-behind victory at Florida Derby rivals Inter Miami CF. Led by a hat trick from star Designated Player\u00a0Mart\u00edn Ojeda, the Lions overcame a 3-0 deficit with four unanswered goals to secure a wild win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3639,804,2005],"tags":[6725,6614],"class_list":{"0":"post-903379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"category-orlando","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-orlando"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}