Orlando Metropolis SC half methods with coach Oscar Pareja

Orlando Metropolis SC and head coach Oscar Pareja mutually have agreed to half methods, efficient instantly, the staff introduced on Wednesday.

Employed on Dec. 4, 2019, Pareja posted a 103-72-66 document throughout all competitions and helped the membership seize the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2022.

Orlando has limped out of the blocks this season, yielding an MLS-high 11 objectives and dropping all three matches. The staff hosts CF Montreal (1-2-0, 3 factors) on Saturday.

“I need to thank Oscar for the dedication, management and professionalism he dropped at our membership,” common supervisor and sporting director Ricardo Moreira stated. “He delivered one of the important moments in Orlando Metropolis’s historical past with the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and helped set up the aggressive basis that has propelled us ahead, highlighted by our energetic club-record run of six straight playoffs appearances, which is presently the longest streak in MLS.

“On the similar time, we imagine that is the appropriate second to take the membership in a brand new path as we glance to the subsequent part of our progress and ambitions. We’re grateful for the whole lot Oscar has contributed and need him nothing however success within the subsequent chapter of his profession.”

“Oscar’s affect on our membership and group will at all times be remembered,” stated Mark Wilf, Orlando Metropolis SC proprietor and chairman. “He helped elevate Orlando Metropolis on and off the sphere, guided us by milestones that reshaped our trajectory and represented our crest with integrity. We’re grateful for all he has given to the group.”

Pareja, 57, beforehand coached the Colorado Rapids (2012-14) and FC Dallas (2014-18) in addition to Liga MX facet Membership Tiajuana (2018-19).

“I need to specific my honest gratitude to the membership’s gamers, workers and supporters for the belief they’ve given me over these final a number of years,” Pareja stated. “Collectively, we shared moments that may stick with me perpetually. Whereas it’s the proper time for each me and the membership to maneuver in new instructions, I go away pleased with the work we did and with deep appreciation for the individuals who made it potential. Orlando will at all times have a particular place in my coronary heart, and I want the staff nothing however success sooner or later.”

Assistant coach Martin Perelman takes over because the interim head coach. He has served as Orlando Metropolis’s first staff assistant coach since 2024.

–Discipline Degree Media