In a year like no other, this will be a championship like no other. Orlando City and Portland will meet in the MLS is Back tournament finale Tuesday night in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., with the winner hoisting a trophy less than 24 hours before the league resumes its revised regular season in home markets.

It’s a strange situation, for sure, but given how the sports world unraveled and changed in 2020, it might just be a fitting end to an event that set a Guinness World Record for being the largest single-location soccer tournament. The World Cup-style format included 51 matches over 45 days at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World.

The tournament nearly got derailed early, with Nashville and Dallas having to withdraw because of numerous positive COVID-19 tests, but there have been no coronavirus setbacks since. Just entertaining soccer.

Orlando and Portland emerged as the best of the bunch, both relying on staunch defense to get to the championship match.

“Defenders, sometimes, they don’t get the credit when you’re winning games,” said Orlando coach Oscar Pareja, whose team hasn’t allowed more than one goal in any tournament game.

Orlando is a surprise finalist in its sixth MLS season with its fourth head coach. Pareja replaced James O’Connor after last year and has taken the Lions to new heights.