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Our City: So Long and Thank You Phil Rawlins

Our City is a weekly column dedicated to taking a wide-angled lens to the culture that surrounds Orlando City and Major League Soccer.

You might have heard the news this week that Orlando City Founder and Life President Phil Rawlins is “semi-retiring” to the snow-capped mountains of Colorado. Like so many of you, I am grateful to Phil for bringing his soccer dreams to my city. He leaves Orlando — less than a decade after he arrived — a better place and forever a city icon.