When Antoine Griezmann joins Orlando City in July, he will come to MLS at one of the most important times in the league’s 31-year history, as MLS seeks to maintain the sport’s excitement in the wake of the North American-hosted 2026 FIFA World Cup.
While the 35-year-old French attacker won’t suit up for Les Bleus this summer, having retired from international soccer in 2024, he still brings a 2018 World Cup title and a level of star power that Orlando hasn't seen in a decade, since bidding adieu to Kaká in 2017.
