Orlando Submits Bid as Host City for Copa America Centenario USA 2016

Orlando City Youth Players Gorka Aperribay (U-18 Academy) and Natalie Michele Fouque (U-18 ENCL) served as Bid Ambassadors, and joined Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Kingston for a special "hand-off" of the official Copa America Centenario USA 2016 Bid earlier today at Lake Eola. The Ambassadors then headed to Orlando International Airport to hand deliver the bid to Chicago.
Submitted by Orlando City SC
Credit: Mark Thor

Orlando Formally Submits Bid as Host City for Copa America Centenario
ORLANDO - March 30, 2015 - The City Beautiful today will formally submit a bid to become a host city for the Copa America Centenario USA 2016 tournament. Orlando City Soccer Club, the Central Florida Sports Commission and the City of Orlando have partnered in the effort to bring the popular Latin American championship to the Orlando Citrus Bowl, and to Central Florida, for the first time in its history. The official submiss... Full Story