Twitter reacts to… Niki Budalic’s Orlando City SC exit

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Yesterday, Orlando City SC announced they had parted company with General Manager of Soccer Operations Niki Budalic with immediate effect.

Originally appointed into the position of Assistant General Manager in January 2016, the much-maligned Ontario native is departing Central Florida following Orlando City SC‘s worst Major League Soccer campaign to date. Continue reading

Are Orlando City SC experiencing fitness issues?

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As reported by Orlando Sentinel’s Jordan Culver recently, Orlando City SC will this week take their practices to noted training destination IMG Academy in Bradenton, using the state-of-the-art facilities to focus on fitness.

The decision comes days after the hire of Venezuelan fitness director Isaac Ramos following the departure of Dave McKay who had been with the club since 2015. Continue reading

Orlando City SC sign USMNT star Dom Dwyer for up to $1.6m

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Orlando City SC have successfully acquired Dom Dwyer from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for up to $1.6 million in allocation money.

After Kansas City Star writer Sam McDowell broke news of the trade at 6:27pm, Orlando City SC‘s Alex Leitão announced the deal himself via Facebook Live at 7pm. Continue reading

Were Orlando City SC right to cash in on Kevin Molino?

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With Jonathan Spector arriving at Orlando City SC on Tuesday and Kaylyn Kyle bidding goodbye to Orlando Pride on Wednesday, Thursday saw the dramatic departure of long-time Lions star Kevin Molino.

Traded to Adrian Heath‘s Minnesota United alongside Patrick McLain, Kevin Molino‘s trade is now firmly among the most expensive deals in MLS history. Continue reading

A thank you speech to Orlando City SC’s Phil Rawlins

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Here at Orlando City UK, we really had to look twice when seeing Phil Rawlins had stepped down from his day-to-day operational responsibilities at Orlando City SC on Tuesday evening.

A personal decision with Phil now assuming a Life-President role, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank a guy who proved a huge motivation in us deciding to support Orlando City SC back in 2015. Continue reading

Will he? Won’t he? Orlando City SC’s Grégory Sertic move

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Yesterday was an incredibly busy day in the world of Orlando City SC with the Alex Morgan loan to Lyon announcement, turf at Orlando City Stadium and two particular transfer rumours leaving us all eager to find out more!

But for Jason Kreis‘ side, the biggest news of the day surrounded the Lions’ reported interest in Bordeaux defender Grégory Sertic. Continue reading

5 things you didn’t know about Orlando Pride’s Camila

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With Ali Krieger arriving way over a month ago now, Orlando Pride secured their second signing of the off-season yesterday when Camila was added to Tom Sermanni‘s roster.

Capable of playing at both right back and left back, the 22-year-old Brazilian already boasts NWSL experience having played for Houston Dash in 2015. Continue reading