Pareja, who took charge of Orlando ahead of the 2020 season, has overseen three straight defeats to begin 2026.<\/p>\n
– How Mascherano won over Miami, their fans and ultimately MLS Cup<\/a> Orlando was most recently beaten 5-0 by New York City FC<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n Orlando said the club and coach had mutually agreed to part ways, with assistant coach Mart\u00edn Perelman taking interim charge.<\/p>\n “I want to thank Oscar for the dedication, leadership and professionalism he brought to our club,” Orlando City general manager and sporting director Ricardo Moreira said in a statement.<\/p>\n “He delivered one of the most significant moments in Orlando City’s history with the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and helped establish the competitive foundation that has propelled us forward, highlighted by our active club-record run of six straight playoffs appearances, which is currently the longest streak in MLS.”<\/p>\n The 2022 US Open Cup was Orlando’s first trophy since joining MLS in 2015. Pareja also led Orlando to the MLS playoffs for the first time in 2020.<\/p>\n “I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Club’s players, staff and supporters for the trust they’ve given me over these last several years,” Pareja said.<\/p>\n “Together, we shared moments that will stay with me forever. While it is the right time for both me and the Club to move in new directions, I leave proud of the work we did and with deep appreciation for the people who made it possible.<\/p>\n “Orlando will always have a special place in my heart, and I wish the team nothing but success in the future.”<\/p>\n Colombian Pareja previously coached FC Dallas<\/a> and the Colorado Rapids<\/a> in MLS<\/a>, as well as Tijuana in Liga MX<\/a>.<\/p>\n Orlando hosts CF Montr\u00e9al in its next match on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 11, 2026, 01:39 PM ET Orlando City have made the first coaching change of the MLS season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-188164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– MLS duo banned for life for betting on own games<\/a>
– MLS Power Rankings: Vancouver the early-season team to beat<\/a><\/p>\nOscar Pareja has become the first coaching exit of the 2026 MLS season.\u00a0Leonardo Fernandez\/MLS via Getty Images<\/p>\n