Phil Rawlins's Global Goals: Bringing Soccer To Orlando

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“Soccer mania has a definite foothold in Central Florida and the man who triggered it is Phil Rawlins,” UCF President John Hitt said as he introduced Orlando City Soccer Club Founder and President Phil Rawlins to a room of about 130 UCF students, faculty, staff and soccer fans.

The UCF College of Graduate Studies invited Rawlins to be the guest speaker for the final presentation of the 2015-2016 Graduate Studies Speaker Series on the afternoon of March 30. The event was held at UCF’s Morgridge International Reading Center from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

During his talk, titled "Global Goals: Bringing Soccer to Orlando", Rawlins shared the journey of bringing a Major League Soccer team to Orlando, as well as the global perspective it brings to

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