On Nov. 29, Orlando City announced that OCB, the club’s reserve team that plays in the USL, would join the MLS team and the Orlando Pride of the NWSL in the new stadium set to open in the coming months. The team played its inaugural season in 2016 at Titan Soccer Complex on the campus of Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, but many expected this move to come when the new stadium was ready to open. What does this move mean for OCB? What impact will it actually have on the team and on attendance?
First, let’s look at the impact this move will have on the team itself.