Since becoming a professional team back in 2011, Orlando City had a very distinct culture under former boss Adrian Heath. It was a culture that was built from the ground up and won the team almost everything in USL in its first three years of existence, propelling the club to become an MLS franchise in 2015.
However, when the team eventually did join the top ranks, that longstanding culture began to disappear. Different types of players were brought in, younger players that didn’t necessarily fit the vision that Heath had for his team in years past. So, for the first year and a half in MLS, the team struggled to find its identity until the sacking of Heath in July of 2016.