Charlotte FC lost at Orlando on Wednesday and at Nashville on Saturday. The two road defeats by multiple goals dropped the team to fifth in the Eastern Conference, and the full recap of the 2-4 loss at GEODIS Park is at The Charlotte Mercury. What matters from a Fourth Ward perspective is what happens next, and what happens next is at Bank of America Stadium.

The home schedule resumes on May 9, with FC Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. New York City FC visits May 13 at 7 p.m. Toronto FC plays here May 16 at 7:30 p.m. New England Revolution closes the home stretch on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Three of the four matches are Saturdays. One, the New York visit, falls on a Wednesday.

For Fourth Ward residents, the relevant fact about Bank of America Stadium is that it sits across Uptown, a walk that runs through the central business district. Stadium nights mean the streets fill, the food trucks set up, and the same uptown grid that runs city government on weekdays runs a home-game crowd on Saturday evenings. The pattern is familiar to anyone who has lived in Fourth Ward through a Panthers fall or a Charlotte FC spring.

What is different about this home stand is the standings context. The Crown comes back from a road skid to a fan base that has spent two weeks watching the goal column on their phones. A Saturday-night home win against an FC Cincinnati side currently ninth in the East would steady the season. A second straight home loss, on the heels of two road blowouts, would not.

The first chance to find out is May 9.