After Orlando City released Scott Sutter during the off-season last year it was unclear what the plan was going forward at right back. Upon the announcement that the club had signed Ruan it was unclear how big of a part he would play in the team. He was well known in Brazil for his speed and what he could add to a team going forward but there wasn’t a ton of information to indicate whether or not he would successfully be able to transition to MLS.
Luckily for Ruan, and by extension Orlando City, the speedy right back seemed to take to life in MLS very well and had a quite solid first season for the Lions.