Weekend Recap: Orlando Sweeps Dallas, Lansing Wins in Overtime, Cleveland and Toronto Secure Wins

Toronto opened the weekend with a 7–4 victory over Pittsburgh, outshooting them 49–18. After trading goals in the first period, the teams remained tight early in the second before Toronto erupted for three goals in just over nine minutes to take a 4–2 lead into halftime. 

Toronto continued to build momentum in the third with Darius Kerr-Cooper extending the advantage. Despite a pair of Pittsburgh goals in the fourth, including a power-play goal from Jack Shearer, Toronto answered each push, highlighted by a goal from Yonis Jama and a late power-play tally from Sebastián López. Yevhenii Zaiets led Toronto with a goal and an assist, while Pittsburgh goalkeeper Grant Glorioso stood out with 29 saves.

Cleveland won 10–1 over Chicago Saturday evening. Cleveland's Ryan Minick opened up scoring for the Crunch, and the team followed with two additional goals. Dario Gamboa put one on the board for Chicago in the start of the second, to put the score at 3-1. Cleveland continued to control play in the second half, adding seven more unanswered goals, including two penalty kicks from Admir Suljevic, while holding Chicago to just 19 shots for the match.

Amarillo continued its perfect start to the season with a 4–3 road win over Boulder. The win keeps Amarillo unbeaten at 3–0 and in third place in the South Conference standings.

Lansing outlasted Ft. Wayne in a back-and-forth match, earning a 16–15 overtime victory in one of the highest-scoring games of the weekend. 

Jonathan Oliveira led the charge for Lansing with a four-goal performance, capped by the overtime game-winner at 7:19 of extra time, while Anthony Recinos added a hat trick. Gabriel Meireles was also instrumental throughout with timely goals and assists, including involvement in multiple tying scores late in regulation. On the other side, Richard Faleye delivered a standout effort for Ft. Wayne, scoring six goals.

Orlando beat Dallas 16–5 on Saturday. After a competitive opening period, Orlando broke the game open in the second by scoring five unanswered goals and never let up, finishing with a 45–27 advantage in shots. Raphael Tobias led the way for Orlando with multiple goals, including two penalty kicks, while Eduardo Cruz and Guilherme Dos Santos combined for seven goals. Dallas received a strong effort from Jonathan Sandoval, who scored four goals.

Orlando completed the weekend sweep over Dallas with a 16–3 victory on Sunday. After the teams were tied 1–1 early and Dallas briefly regained the lead on a Sandoval penalty kick in the second, Orlando seized control by scoring 14 of the game’s final 15 goals, including a five-goal third period and an eight-goal fourth.