{"id":883633,"date":"2026-01-09T05:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/philadelphia-union-re-sign-alejandro-bedoya-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:22:08","slug":"philadelphia-union-re-sign-alejandro-bedoya-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/philadelphia-union-re-sign-alejandro-bedoya-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union re-sign Alejandro Bedoya | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:<\/strong> <em>Re-signed<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/philadelphia-union\/\">Philadelphia Union<\/a> have re-signed veteran midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/alejandro-bedoya\/\">Alejandro Bedoya<\/a> through the 2026 MLS season, the club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The 38-year-old former US international returns for an 11th season with the Union. He will continue his role as player development and front office specialist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlejandro\u2019s impact on our organization continues to be invaluable, both on and off the field,\u201d said head coach Bradley Carnell. \u201cWhile he remains an important contributor as a player, his leadership and insights in his player development and front office roles are especially beneficial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His experience and deep understanding of our system make him a steady presence and trusted mentor for our younger players, while his work behind the scenes continues to strengthen our culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bedoya joined Philadelphia in 2016 from Ligue 1 side Nantes, and has since helped the club win two Supporters&#8217; Shields (2020, 2025), reach MLS Cup 2022, and make two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/2023\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>He has contributed 31g\/31a in 315 appearances across all competitions. Last season, Bedoya started nine of 24 appearances, recording 1g\/3a as the Union won their second-ever Shield with 66 points.<\/p>\n<p>At the international level, Bedoya has 66 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/us-men-s-national-team\/\">USMNT<\/a> caps and helped win\u00a0two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/gold-cup\/2025\/\">Concacaf Gold Cup<\/a> titles. He also participated in the 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s 2026 campaign begins on Feb. 21 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/d-c-united\/\">D.C. United<\/a> (7:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/dc-united-vs-philadelphia-union\/umc.cse.4ecan5ee0daxz7f6tj4li8hwf?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our leader on and off the pitch is ready for a big year of soccer in 2026!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DOOP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DOOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HR4XiXizsT\">pic.twitter.com\/HR4XiXizsT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilaUnion\/status\/2009281659913245073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/philadelphia-union-re-sign-alejandro-bedoya-x5778\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Joan Kazmierczak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Re-signed The Philadelphia Union have re-signed veteran midfielder Alejandro Bedoya through the 2026 MLS season, the club announced Thursday. The 38-year-old former US international returns for an 11th season with the Union. He will continue his role as player development and front office specialist. \u201cAlejandro\u2019s impact on our organization continues to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,2005,1668],"tags":[8547,8336],"class_list":{"0":"post-883633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-union","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-union"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}