Orlando City beats NYCFC in a truly bizarre ending, a breakdown
What Happened
Orlando City Soccer Club hosts New York City Football Club in a tense MLS playoff match that goes to a penalty kick shootout. In the final round of the shootout, the Orlando City goalkeeper makes a dramatic save to give his team a 4-3 advantage. The Orlando City coach rushes off the field in celebration, already preparing for the team's champagne shower. However, the referee then announces that the Orlando goalkeeper came off his line too early before the kick, negating the save. This results in a mandatory retake of the penalty kick. Forced to substitute the goalkeeper, Orlando City puts outfield defender Rodrigo Schlegel in net. Schlegel tells the referee he will take the shot if he saves it, determined to see the match through. After the backup goalkeeper is also deemed ineligible, Schlegel steps up and makes the save, keeping Orlando City's hopes alive. The shootout continues, with both teams converting their next kicks. On the final shot for New York City, Schlegel makes another impressive save to seal the victory for Orlando City. The players and coaches erupt in jubilation, mobbing the heroic Schlegel, who has stepped up in an unprecedented role to deliver his team to the next round of the playoffs. "I told you I'll go in because it needs to be someone from the field," Schlegel says, embracing his teammates. Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja is in disbelief, remarking, "It's unbelievable" as he tries to process the wild sequence of events that led to his team's advancement. The match was tied 1-1 after regulation, setting the stage for the dramatic penalty kick finish. Both clubs had numerous chances throughout the 90 minutes, with Maxi Moralez scoring for New York City and Daryl Dike equalizing for Orlando. The victory is especially sweet for Orlando City, who have faced their MLS expansion rivals New York City FC numerous times in heated contests. With the win, Orlando City moves on to the next round of the MLS Cup Playoffs, their season still alive thanks to the heroics of defender Rodrigo Schlegel, who stepped up when his team needed him most in the most bizarre circumstances.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentabsolutely crazy finish to this playoff
game orlando city versus new york city
football club wait orlando city soccer
club versus new york city football club
it goes to pk's orlando city has scored
four
new york has only scored a three if
orlando makes this save
they win goalie spits into his hands
concentrates
spreads himself real big as a
distraction makes the save
orlando wins their advance in the
playoffs let's go
let's go everyone's excited the coach is
so excited
he just runs straight off the field down
the tunnel
into there he had a big surprise plan
for him he had like giant champagne
bottles
now wait what do you mean
celebration stops they say that the
goalie
came off the back line before the ball
was struck
which is true he's off the back line
there uh just barely
but that's the rule he came off his line
before the ball was struck redo
and the goalie gets a yellow card now in
the 2021 season
apparently the new rule is that the
goalie the keeper just
gets a verbal warning but apparently mls
isn't doing the updated rules they're
just
they're still doing the old rules which
says he got a yellow card he already had
a yellow card so now he's got a red card
and he's out of the game if i'm wrong
about anything i say in this video
people in the comments that may be wrong
themselves but
think they're right will comment it and
some will be right and it'll be
up to you to figure out who's right and
who's wrong so now they got to bring in
the backup goalie and the coach has to
be led back from the tunnel he's like
wait what happened i was setting up my
big champagne surprise
you're saying we didn't just win he
walks all the way back he's trying to
figure out what's going on he's like
what
he came off what oh my god
okay here we go so they substitute in
the backup keeper for the goalie on the
field
the only problem with this move is per
the rules
once you're in pks
you can't substitute for a guy on the
field
unless that person is injured so
this is an illegal substitution that the
referee allowed to happen
now he's getting a call from heavens
above saying that was illegal
so he tells the backup goalie uh
you can't be in it it has can't be a
substitution has to be someone from the
field to play
that's what they're telling me up above
backup goal is like what but you just
subbed me in
we did the whole numbers on the little
flippy switchy thing it was official
coach is like
big champagne is going to be awkward if
we don't finish this thing off he's got
to take off the gloves
the coach says it's unbelievable and is
unbelievable now this guy the defender
he's like i told you i'll go in because
it needs to be someone from the field
he changes his kit he starts putting his
hair up goes into warrior mode
he put but now they're letting the
backup goalie back onto the field
and then the ref is like no no no no no
no you can't play
he's like what the hell's going on no
one understands what's going on
in comes this player and he's just a
defenseman
not a goalie he tells the ref like yeah
okay if i save it though
you gotta count it you can't kick me off
all right ref's like i can't make jokes
right now i still don't really know
what's going on
he gets to his spot fixes his hair goes
into warrior mode
once again he's on the line they've iced
the hell out of this kicker he doesn't
know what to do the season's on the line
he needs to make this one two three
okay he made it so now they go into
extra kicks
tried to step left make him go the other
way didn't really work
but he watches the replay he takes notes
smoldering intensity
he's like next time i will be better now
if 17 makes this
they win and nothing matters and who
cares
but he does not make it and he looks at
the reps he says was he on the line
was that a clean save it was a nice save
gets the right hand way up there and
foot still on the line by the time the
ball
is kicked so clean nice save by new york
right there
okay this goalie is like holy [ __ ] now
we're going to extra kicks
this is nuts it's all my fault the
defenseman is in goal again
this guy's up here we go
oh he guessed the right way but he does
not make the save
and he was way off the line so even if
he did make the save this wouldn't have
counted it would have been a redo which
is kind of funny
because that's the whole reason you're
in there is because the guy
did that and now you're doing it but
the game goes on i mean this is a crazy
finish
just pretty insane the announcers were
going nuts seething watching the replay
i will
fix this so now this guy has to make it
otherwise orlando loses and that would
be a [ __ ] show
because of everything that transpired
but he doesn't he doesn't
miss it he makes it so now they're tied
up they go to another round
the defenseman's in net and he makes the
save he jumps
very high he goes crazy they celebrate
here's the play just a nice save gotta
suck if you're number 20. that dude is a
goalie
they checked the replay was his foot on
the line
um yeah yeah good job
good job goalie defenseman keeper
but it gets weird again oh yeah
bam now they're checking it to make sure
he's on the line they're waiting they're
waiting they get word that it's good
they celebrate like the game is over and
they have won
but we're only halfway through the p
case
they still need to kick they still need
to make it
they get another chance if they miss it
it just stays tied and the coach is like
guys come over here
and they're like yeah we still need to
make it those guys are complaining
this guy steps up he's like okay one
two three drills it they make it orlando
wins
it's real this time can't stop him just
just i mean wild i watched this i edited
it
it's just so much happened
in the end orlando wins