{"id":204586,"date":"2026-03-24T22:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204586\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:38:06","slug":"antoine-griezmann-joining-mls-club-orlando-city-on-2-year-deal-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204586\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Griezmann joining MLS club Orlando City on 2-year deal \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atletico Madrid forward\u00a0Antoine Griezmann\u00a0is moving to Orlando City in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/tag\/mls\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"212135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Major League Soccer<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/tag\/world-cup\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">World Cup<\/a> winner from France signed with Orlando City on Tuesday. The deal lasts from July through the 2027-28 season with an option for an extra year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my first conversations with the club I could feel a strong ambition and a clear vision for the future, and that really spoke to me,&#8221; Griezmann said in a statement provided by Orlando City.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ANTOINE GRIEZMANN IS A LION \ud83e\udd81\ud83d\udc51 <\/p>\n<p>We have signed global soccer icon and 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FIFAWorldCup<\/a> winner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntoGriezmann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AntoGriezmann<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atleti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Atleti<\/a>. He will join the club in July 2026 on a contract through the 2027\u201328 season, with an option for 2028\u201329 as a Designated Player \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoCitySC\/status\/2036442923525439520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He helped France win the 2018 World Cup, reach the 2022 World Cup final, and retired from internationals in 2024 with 44 goals in 137 caps.<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann is Atletico\u2019s\u00a0all-time leading scorer\u00a0with 211 goals but his minutes have been managed by coach Diego Simeone this season. Even so, Griezmann has 13 goals this campaign in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann, who also played for Real Sociedad and Barcelona, has spent 10 seasons at Atletico. His 488 games are the fourth-most in Atletico&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s won three trophies with Atletico: 2014 Spanish Super Cup, 2018 Europa League and 2018 UEFA Super Cup. Atletico has the Copa del Rey final next month and is up against Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s leave the future in the future because I\u2019m not leaving yet,\u201d Griezmann said in comments provided by Atletico. \u201cI still have months left in this shirt, months to give my life on the pitch, both at our stadium and away, to lift that Copa del Rey and to dream of going as far as possible in the Champions League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Ream, who has had a decorated career playing in the MLS, Premier League and for the USMNT, explains why the level of play in the MLS has improved so much since he was drafted in 2010.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid forward\u00a0Antoine Griezmann\u00a0is moving to Orlando City in Major League Soccer this summer. 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