ORLANDO, Fla. (April 9, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B has\u00a0named\u00a0Edward Wilding as\u00a0head\u00a0coach,\u00a0it was announced today. Wilding takes over\u00a0the role following Manuel Goldberg\u2019s\u00a0appointment as First Team assistant coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cPromoting from within is always a priority for us when the right candidate is there, and with Eddie, the choice was clear,\u201d said Orlando City SC\u00a0General Manager & Sporting Director\u00a0Ricardo Moreira. \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0a talented young coach\u2014the youngest\u00a0active\u00a0head coach in MLS NEXT Pro\u2014who is deeply connected across our First Team and Academy environments. In a\u00a0platform\u00a0where player development and pathways to the First Team are more important than ever, Eddie is the right person to lead\u00a0OCB.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0excited for him to step into this role and confident in what\u00a0he\u2019ll\u00a0continue to build within our club.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wilding, 31,\u00a0previously served as the Methodology Lead for the Orlando City Academy and head coach of the Academy\u2019s U-18 squad,\u00a0recording 24 wins, three draws and just one loss in his team\u2019s 2025-26 MLS NEXT campaign,\u00a0along with spending two seasons as Formation Lead and head coach of the U-16s. He\u00a0holds both UEFA A and USSF A licenses and is currently a candidate for the prestigious Elite Formation Coaching License (EFCL 6), bringing over 10 years of coaching experience to the role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the Orlando City Academy staff, Wilding spent time in various roles coaching in the Colorado Rapids Academy,\u00a0FC\u00a0Barcelona Residency Program, University of Central\u00a0Florida\u00a0and Nova Southeastern University.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
OCB heads north for its next match this Saturday, April 11,\u00a0against Chattanooga FC at Finley Stadium. That match is set to kick off at 7 p.m. ET on\u00a0OneFootball<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (April 9, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B has\u00a0named\u00a0Edward Wilding as\u00a0head\u00a0coach,\u00a0it was announced today. Wilding takes over\u00a0the role…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,18312,141,140],"class_list":["post-225620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225620","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=225620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}