This column is a civic rallying cry imploring the Orlando Magic to do what their Central Florida soccer brothers — Orlando City — did:
That’s what the Lions did during the MLS season when they were yet again projected to be one of the worst teams in the league but somehow, some way new coach Oscar Pareja transformed them into one of the best teams in the league.
They not only made the playoffs for the first time in team history; they advanced in the playoffs. And they did it by buying into Pareja’s preaching of being “protagonists.