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Orlando, Florida: Antoine Griezmann Named MLS Player of the Month for October and November

Orlando City forward Antoine Griezmann was voted MLS Player of the Month for October and November on Tuesday. He tied for the league lead with six goals and 10 goal contributions in seven starts, and Orlando rides his run into a home playoff game on November 19.

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Orlando, Florida: Antoine Griezmann Named MLS Player of the Month for October and November

Key points

  • Orlando City forward Antoine Griezmann has been voted the MLS Player of the Month for October and November, the league announced on Tuesday.
  • Griezmann started all seven matches for Orlando in the award period and tied for the league lead with six goals and 10 goal contributions, according to MLS.
  • All 10 contributions came in five matches from October 10 to October 28, and they stretched his run of games with a goal or an assist to 12 straight.

Orlando City forward Antoine Griezmann has been voted the MLS Player of the Month for October and November, the league announced on Tuesday. The award is voted on by a panel of national media members in a process run by MLS Communications, and it is the first monthly honor of Griezmann's short time in Orlando.

Ten contributions in five matches

Griezmann started all seven matches for Orlando in the award period and tied for the league lead with six goals and 10 goal contributions, according to MLS. He was one of only three players with at least four goals and four assists in that span, alongside Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

All 10 contributions came in five matches from October 10 to October 28, and they stretched his run of games with a goal or an assist to 12 straight. The league said that streak is just the fourth of its kind in a single season in MLS history. Griezmann opened October with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 home win over the Columbus Crew on October 10. He repeated that line in a 3-3 draw at Toronto FC on October 14, then scored twice and added an assist against D.C. United on October 17, a night that earned him Player of the Matchday honors. He also scored in a 2-2 draw with New York City FC and finished the run with a goal and an assist at Chicago Fire FC on October 28.

A first for a French player since Henry

Griezmann is the third player in Orlando City history to win the award, after Daryl Dike in August 2020 and Joe Bendik in April 2017, the club said. He is the first French player to win it since Thierry Henry in March 2012 and the third French winner in all, after Sebastien Le Toux in September 2011.

Since he arrived in Orlando in the summer, Griezmann has scored 14 goals and added eight assists in 18 starts. The club said he is the first summer signing in league history to reach at least 20 goal contributions in the second half of a club's regular season schedule. He reached 20 contributions in 15 games, the second fastest mark in league history, behind only Messi, who did it in 14 games.

Orlando rides the run into the playoffs

Orlando went 9-4-5 in Griezmann's 18 appearances and climbed from outside the playoff line to the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference with 46 points, on a 13-14-7 record. The Lions open the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs at home, hosting FC Cincinnati in the Eastern Conference Wild Card match on Thursday, November 19 at Inter&Co Stadium. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and airs on Apple TV. Griezmann's monthly award lands nine days before that game, with Orlando's season now resting on the same run of form that won it.

Timeline

  1. Oct 10, 2026Griezmann scores a goal and adds an assist in Orlando's 3-2 home win over the Columbus Crew, starting the five match run behind the award.
  2. Oct 17, 2026Griezmann scores twice and adds an assist against D.C. United and earns MLS Player of the Matchday honors.
  3. Oct 28, 2026Griezmann scores a goal and adds an assist at Chicago Fire FC, extending his streak of games with a goal contribution to 12.
  4. Nov 10, 2026MLS announces Griezmann as its Player of the Month for October and November.

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