Last week, 12 cities from around the U.S. submitted bids to become an MLS expansion team. Only four of those 12 cities will earn an expansion team and seven of those 12 currently have teams in the USL, a factor that could have a significant impact on the 2017 USL season.
When Phil Rawlins set up shop in Orlando in 2011, the primary focus was getting to MLS. To achieve this goal, Rawlins and Head Coach Adrian Heath built a team that won the league double its first season and gathered five trophies in just four years in the USL.