ORLANDO, Fla. (December 27, 2016) – Orlando City SC’s CEO Alex Leitao will assume the Club’s day-to-day operational responsibilities effective immediately with Club Founder, Phil Rawlins, taking up a new position of Life-President. Rawlins will remain with Orlando City and continue to be an Orlando City Board Member, representing the Club on all League Boards (MLS, NWSL, USL).
Leitao, a Board of Directors member since 2012 who became the Club’s CEO in the beginning of the 2016 season, will report directly to the Board with this expanded role.
“The opening of the stadium in March is the final piece in the jigsaw puzzle.