ORLANDO, Fla. — Facundo Torres scored a goal in each half and Orlando City cruised to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.
Torres gave Orlando City (5-8-6) the lead early when he took a pass from Dagur Thorhallsson in the fourth minute and scored.
Luis Muriel made it 2-0 with his third goal this season, scoring on a penalty kick in the 20th minute. The PK was set up after Iván Angulo drew a foul on Fire defender Allan Arigoni.
Angulo scored unassisted in the 29th minute, pushing the lead to 3-0 with his second goal of the campaign.
The Fire (4-9-6) got on the scoreboard in the 53rd minute when Maren Haile-Selassie found the net on a penalty kick for his third goal of the season and second in as many weeks. Haile-Selassie took the PK after a hand ball foul on Orlando City defender Rodrigo Schlegel.
Torres polished off his brace with his fifth goal of the season — unassisted in the 60th minute to make it 4-1.
First-year forward Hugo Cuypers scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season unassisted in the 69th minute to pull the Fire within two.
Mason Stajduhar finished with a career-high 11 saves in his third start of the season for Orlando City. Chris Brady saved one shot for the Fire.
The clubs played to a 1-1 draw at Soldier Field less than a month ago. Orlando City took an 8-7-7 lead in the all-time series with its fifth straight win at home after the Fire went 2-0-2 in their first four visits.
Torres had two goals — one on a second-half penalty kick — in a 3-1 victory in the Fire’s last visit in July of last season.
