{"id":161978,"date":"2026-02-20T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161978\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:08:15","slug":"orlando-city-extend-m-eduard-atuesta-through-2028-29-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161978\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando City extend M Eduard Atuesta through 2028-29 &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando City signed midfielder Eduard Atuesta to a new contract through 2028-29 with an option for 2029-30 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Colombian international recorded seven assists in 28 regular season matches (25 starts) during his first season with the Lions in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important move for our club as we continue shaping a squad built for sustained success,\u201d general manager and sporting director Ricardo Moreira said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEduard brings a level of intelligence, composure and leadership that defines how we want to play. His professionalism and influence on the group, both tactically and in the locker room, have been exceptional. We\u2019re proud of the impact he\u2019s made here in Orlando, and we look forward to him continuing to anchor our midfield for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atuesta has recorded 11 goals and 36 assists in 152 career MLS matches (134 starts) with Los Angeles FC (2018-21, 2024) and Orlando City. He made the MLS Best XI in 2019 and was an MLS All-Star in 2021 and won a Supporters\u2019 Shield (2019) and U.S. Open Cup (2024) with LAFC.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando opens the 2026 MLS regular season at home Saturday night against Red Bull New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771549695_724_be4452b65ace878d206f2029709048c825036e3517e6a89f4eedc3d4c530e2ba.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City signed midfielder Eduard Atuesta to a new contract through 2028-29 with an option for 2029-30 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-161978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161978","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=161978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}