



This piece is part of our “State of the Team” series, previewing each MLS squad ahead of the 2020 season. Read the other teams’ stories here.



Oscar Pareja knows exactly what he has stepped into at Orlando City. Disappointment and unfulfilled expectations have been synonymous with the club just about since they entered Major League Soccer in 2015.



Orlando City has not yet qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs, and the recurring sting of failure and a revolving door of managers has weighed on a fan base that desperately wants to compete. Pareja, who was hired in December as the fourth manager in club history, told reporters recently that this version of Orlando City is “committed to changing the story of the club.”



“You can think that everything will come wrong again,” Pareja said. “Or you can choose to think that the things will be right. That’s a (choice). Right now the people who are...