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Orlando City S.C. and New York City F.C. Take Different Paths in M.L.S.

For 13 years, there was a steady, archetypical quality to the career of Kaká. He was one of those famous mononyms sprinkled throughout global soccer. He played for some of the biggest clubs in Italy, Spain and his home country, Brazil. Each team was steeped in tradition and imposed on players the weight of its own history. Always, he felt a burden of immense expectation.

This summer, Kaká has wrestled with almost none of those things. The concept of his current club, Orlando City S.C., was hatched only within the past few years, and the team began play just four months ago.