Orlando City SC 2, Toronto FC 1 | 2018 MLS Match Recap

The second game of the James O'Connor era went substantially better than the first for Orlando City SC.

Chris Schuler and Dom Dwyer scored on either side of the break before a Nick Hagglund consolation as the Lions cruised to a 2-1 victory at Orlando City stadium over defending champion - and fellow strugglers - Toronto FC on Saturday night.

With the win, Orlando snapped a nine-game losing streak, while Toronto themselves have only one win in nine dating back to the end of May.

Schuler opened the scoring with a close range header after Toronto goalkeeper Alex Bono spilled a Dwyer shot from five yards beyond the top of the box. Dwyer rounded out the scoring shortly after the restart with a pile-driver from distance that Bono could only wave at before the ball nestled into the lower corner.

Toronto defender Hagglund scored a consolation just before the final whistle, volleying home a chipped Sebastian Giovinco free kick at the back post.

The result comes on the back of numerous O'Conner changes to his starting lineup in an attempt to kickstart the struggling home side  namely the benching of starting goalkeeper Joe Bendik and former All-Star winger Justin Meram.