Late strike saves Orlando
Tyrese Spicer leveled in the 93rd minute. Orlando City left Saint Paul with a point after a 3-3 draw with Minnesota United in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The winger met a long ball from Antoine Griezmann on the left edge of the box, fired left-footed at the near post and found the net. The Lions stay ninth in the Eastern Conference with 25 points from 22 matches. Minnesota move on to 29.
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Griezmann steps up again
The Frenchman scored and set up a goal. It was his fourth of the season for the former Atletico Madrid forward, who followed up his first MLS brace last Saturday in the 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake.
His goal came in the 64th minute. A three-on-one break, a left-footed strike from the left side of the area, and the ball rolled into the far corner. Orlando were 2-0 up at that stage.
Daryl Dike had opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a curling right-footed finish from the right side of the six-yard box. It was a flattering lead given how the game was actually going.
Four minutes that turned the game on its head
Minnesota dominated without scoring for an hour. They finished with 20 shots to six. In the first half alone it was 10-1, with four on target to one. Maxime Crepeau made five saves, four of them before the break, to keep his side in front at half-time.
Then it all flipped between the 71st and 75th minutes. Marcus Caldeira met a Kelvin Yeboah cross in the middle of the six-yard box. Three minutes later, Anthony Markanich headed in from a Joaquin Pereyra corner for his sixth goal of the season. A minute after that, Yeboah finished with an overhead kick from the rebound of a Kyle Duncan shot. That was his 11th of the campaign, the best haul at the club.
Three goals in four minutes. The Loons were 3-2 up and looked set for the night. Spicer wiped all that out deep into stoppage time.
For Minnesota, first-choice keeper Drake Callender went off at half-time after being placed in concussion protocol. Alec Smir came on and made two saves.
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