{"id":109565,"date":"2026-01-07T21:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109565\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:37:23","slug":"inter-miami-acquire-defender-micael-from-palmeiras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109565\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami acquire defender Micael from Palmeiras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inter Miami CF<\/a> have acquired defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/micael-dos-santos-silva\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micael<\/a> on loan from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A side Palmeiras, the reigning MLS Cup presented by Audi champions announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Brazilian center back&#8217;s loan lasts through the 2026 MLS season and includes a purchase option.<\/p>\n<p>Micael made 28 appearances across all competitions for Palmeiras during the 2025 season, including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-club-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA Club World Cup<\/a> and Copa Libertadores. Last February, he was acquired from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/houston-dynamo-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/houston-dynamo-transfer-micael-to-palmeiras\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">club-record transfer<\/a> worth reportedly up to $6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Before signing with Palmeiras, Micael made 80 appearances with Houston and helped them win the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/u-s-open-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open Cup<\/a> against Inter Miami. He emerged with Houston Dynamo 2 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlsnextpro.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLS NEXT Pro<\/a> after featuring for Brazil S\u00e9rie A side Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro.<\/p>\n<p>Micael is the third defender signed by Inter Miami this offseason, following left back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/sergio-reguilon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Reguil\u00f3n<\/a> and right back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/inter-miami-sign-argentine-defender-facundo-mura\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facundo Mura<\/a>. They also added reigning MLS Goalkeeper of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/dayne-st-clair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dayne St. Clair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami begin their 2026 season on Feb. 21 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LAFC<\/a> (9:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/los-angeles-football-club-vs-inter-miami-cf\/umc.cse.5806dupsz7ug90mpicy6lge5k?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple TV<\/a>). They&#8217;ll open their new stadium, Miami Freedom Park, on April 4 against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/austin-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin FC<\/a> (7:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/inter-miami-cf-vs-austin-fc\/umc.cse.3u0inobn9s9j2zpuh5s1o1r91?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing Inter Miami CF have acquired defender Micael on loan from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5429,123,125,124,56001,4959,5774],"class_list":{"0":"post-109565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-inter-miami-cf","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-miami-headlines","11":"tag-miami-news","12":"tag-micael-dos-santos-silva","13":"tag-sendtonews","14":"tag-transfer-tracker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}