While global attention is focused on Brazil for the World Cup, one of the host nation’s most popular and talented players Brazilian superstar Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, touched down in Orlando on Monday night. Kaká arrived at Orlando International and was greeted by hundreds of supporters to cheers of “Kaká, Kaká,
Kaká, who signed a three-year contract today with Orlando City Soccer Club of the MLS, will join the team in January. He said he has been interested in joining an MLS team for a couple of years and his decision to sign with Orlando came down to a personal one, because of his relationship with owner Flavio Augusto da Silva of Brazil.
“This thing started in 2012,” Kaka said of his initial meeting with da Silva. “We speaking a lot. We flirting a lot,” he told reporters.
Reveling in the moment, Orlando City club president Phil Rawlins had this to say:
“We not only brought a Brazilian superstar, we brought a world superstar. Today we put MLS on notice. We may be franchise No 21, but we’re not here to make up the numbers.”
