Orlando City SC is taking a risk by not hiring a new head coach during the six-week break in the schedule. The team has made the postseason for six consecutive years, but is currently 4-6-2 under interim head coach Martin Perelman. Perelman has hardly distinguished himself in terms of wins and losses while in charge of the club's reserve side, Orlando City B. He has a two-year record of 19-23-10 with five shootout wins, but the team was improved from a 6-13-5 mark in the 24-game 2022 season to 13-10-5 in a 28-match 2023. The improvement was good, but the roster was also better, led by Jack Lynn's standout season of 19 goals and six goal contributions by a young fullback named Alex Freeman. Perelman then became an assistant with the first team under Oscar Pareja in early 2024. This season, Perelman inherited an Orlando City team that was 0-3-0 and had been outscored 11-3. Since taking over, Perelman has led the Lions to the aforementioned 4-6-2 record in MLS games and Orlando City has been outscored 33-20. On the other hand, Perelman has managed to navigate through three U.S. Open Cup matches to get Orlando into the semifinals, but did that by squeaking past a third-division team, having to come from behind in a wild 4-3 match against what was essentially a developmental side and two aging veterans for New England, and then finally looking like the better side against an Atlanta United side — one of the few teams that has struggled worse than Orlando this season — that stayed on the road an extra three days to play in Orlando twice in a week. Getting this far in a knockout competition isn't nothing, but it is fair to point out that the Lions have been outscored 33-20 in MLS games under Perelman's leadership. The team's decision to not hire a new head coach during the break has raised concerns among fans and experts, who believe that the team needs a fresh start to turn things around.