Decision Day's Other Half Is Set: New England Lost 2-1 to Inter Miami Sunday Night, and Orlando City's Season Still Comes Down to Saturday at Home
The Revolution closed their home schedule with a 2-1 loss to Inter Miami in front of 54,112 fans — and their next stop is Inter&Co Stadium, where Orlando City must win Saturday at 4 p.m. to clinch a seventh straight playoff appearance.
The team Orlando City has to beat now has its own result in the book. The New England Revolution fell 2-1 to Inter Miami CF on Sunday night at Gillette Stadium, in front of a season-high crowd of 54,112, in their regular-season home finale. New England (18-11-4, 58 points) is already qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs; Inter Miami (16-6-11, 59 points) took the game that decided nothing for either side's survival — which is exactly what makes the Revolution a dangerous guest on Saturday.
Orlando's position has not moved since Saturday's 4-0 loss at Charlotte, the club's first scoreless match in 26 across all competitions. The Lions (12-14-7, 43 points) sit ninth in the Eastern Conference and host New England on Decision Day, Saturday, November 7 at 4 p.m. Eastern at Inter&Co Stadium on Apple TV, in the final game of the regular season. A win clinches a seventh consecutive postseason appearance — the club's own framing of the afternoon, stated after the Charlotte match and unchanged by Sunday's results.
So the week has a simple shape. New England arrives with nothing to protect but seeding and a home finale lost; Orlando plays with its season on the line, at home, in front of its own crowd, six days after its worst attacking afternoon since May. Everything else about Decision Day — the other fourteen matches kicking off around the league — matters only if Orlando does not take care of its own ninety minutes.
