North Texas SC took the field following the conclusion of FC Dallas's game against San Jose, to face Orlando City's second team, Orlando City B, on Saturday night.

FCD Academy U19 Tanner Tessmann made his professional debut and FC Dallas Homegrown Thomas Roberts made his first appearance for North Texas.

The lone goal of the game was scored in the 42nd minute off of a Thomas Roberts corner kick. The ball fell near the feet of Alfusainey Jatta, but was deflected into the goal by Orlando defender Matheus Silva.

Tanner Tessmann nearly scored on his pro debut, with several close chances handled by Orlando goalkeeper Juliano Chade.

"I'm just really happy and excited that I got the opportunity to make my debut," Tessman said. "I guess I should have put away a couple of chances to help the team out, but I'm just excited and I'm ready to move forward and keep learning from these opportunities and these games just so I can get better as a player."

Despite several promising opportunities early in both halves and near the end of the game, Orlando was consistently unable to put shots on target, with only 2 of 17 on frame both of which were easily managed by Carlos Avilez.

North Texas controlled possession and took advantage of several set-piece opportunities, though the back line was noticeably unsettled late in the second half.

"I think it was back and forth," midfielder Brandon Servania said. "I think we could have controlled the game a little bit more. I think it got a little bit hectic, especially towards the end. I think they had a lot of chances and they were taking it to us, but like I said, it's early in the season and we're looking to improve."

North Texas SC now sits comfortably in second place, just two points shy of Tormenta FC with three games in hand. North Texas remains one of two undefeated teams in USL League One, along with Toronto FC II.

"Well, always in the back of your mind, you want to take three at home. That's everybody's recipe for greatness, so I feel like that was the goal," head coach Eric Quill said. "I didn't want to say it out loud because you don't want to jinx yourself, but that was. I'll say we're quite fortunate to be at nine points with, you know, some areas of the game where maybe we weren't quite sharp enough."

"They had some chances tonight to hurt us," Quill continued. "It's a quality Orlando team; they're better than where they show in the standings. They're gonna earn some points, they've got some quality that gave us a lot of trouble. For me, I can't be more happy with nine points to start in three games, but we've got to keep going, we've got to get better."