Oscar Pareja was formally introduced as Orlando City head coach to a crowd of assembled media on Thursday morning, but El Generalito has had the Lions on his mind for much longer.
“I saw five years ago, on TV, the first home game,” Pareja said during his introductory press conference. “That was tremendous and created an impression of how the community is here, and I won’t forget that. After I came here twice to play against Orlando, what I found was a group of fans [who were] very involved with the team, and that’s exciting… hopefully, we can give them a lot of joy.