Orlando City hires Jason Kreis as new head coach

Orlando City announced Tuesday the club has hired Jason Kreis as its newest head coach, with the former New York City FC and Real Salt Lake boss taking over after the Lions parted ways with longtime manager Adrian Heath.

Kreis, who last led NYCFC during its inaugural 2015 campaign, was let go when the club's upper management decided to appoint Patrick Vieira at the helm. The 2009 MLS Cup-winning coach joins an Orlando team in need of new leadership as Heath had served as manager since 2011.

"We are very excited that we have got our man. Jason is a progressive thinking and highly ambitious coach, who is very familiar with success in MLS," Orlando City SC President and Founder Phil Rawlins said in a statement. "Jason's playing philosophy is the same attack-minded, possession-oriented style of soccer that we have built our club around. He is a winner who checks all the boxes for us."

Kreis will be joined by his former RSL and NYCFC assistant coaches Miles Joseph and CJ Brown and will start work July 25, alongside Orlando City’s existing coaching staff, who the club said "will all remain in their permanent roles."