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Griezmann named MLS Player of the Month after 6 goals in 7 matches

Antoine Griezmann has been named MLS Player of the Month for September and October after scoring 6 goals and providing 4 assists in 7 matches with Orlando City. The 35-year-old French striker has recorded 14 goals and 7 assists in 18 regular season matches, helping Orlando City secure eighth place in the Eastern Conference and a playoff berth against Cincinnati.

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Griezmann named MLS Player of the Month after 6 goals in 7 matches
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Antoine Griezmann has been named MLS Player of the Month for September and October, rewarding a run of six goals and four assists in seven matches with Orlando City.

Since arriving in the United States this summer, the 35-year-old French striker has established himself as one of the key pieces for the Florida club. In 18 regular season matches, he has recorded 14 goals and 7 assists, including a remarkable sequence of six consecutive matches in October with at least one goal or assist.

This efficiency helped propel Orlando City to eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 46 points. The club has qualified for the playoff play-in, where it will face Cincinnati. The winner of this two-legged tie will advance to the main bracket and face Nashville SC, the conference leaders ahead of Inter Miami.

Orlando City enters this challenge in good form: the team has lost just one of its last seven matches. For Griezmann, 2018 World Cup champion, these playoffs would represent an ideal conclusion to his first season in Major League Soccer.

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