{"id":242431,"date":"2026-04-22T22:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:10:09","slug":"orlando-city-sc-signs-ignacio-gomez-bernardo-rhein-to-short-term-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242431\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando City SC signs Ignacio Gomez &#038; Bernardo Rhein to Short-Term Agreements\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. (April 22, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC has signed Orlando City B midfielder Ignacio Gomez and defender Bernardo Rhein to short-term agreements, the club announced today. Gomez and Rhein will be available for\u00a0selection\u00a0for\u00a0Orlando City\u2019s matches against Charlotte FC tonight at\u00a0Inter&amp;Co\u00a0Stadium and against D.C. United on Saturday at Audi Field. Kickoff for both matches is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Apple TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gomez, 19, joined the Lions on loan from Velez Sarsfield II of Argentina\u2019s Torneo de\u00a0Reserva\u00a0youth league on Jan. 5 and made his first-team debut in Orlando\u2019s most recent match against Houston Dynamo FC. A product of the Velez Sarsfield academy, Gomez has appeared in 54 matches for the Buenos Aires-based side, scoring four goals in just under\u00a03,000 minutes. He has also won two titles with Velez Sarsfield II, capturing the Copa LPF\u00a0Proyeccion\u00a0Inicial\u00a0in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 editions of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Rhein, 18, signed with Orlando City B on Feb. 5, 2025. Prior to signing with OCB, he integrated with the MLS NEXT Pro side during the 2024 campaign, making five appearances as an academy player and training regularly with both OCB and the First Team. Rhein has made 24 appearances, including 17 starts, for Orlando City B, recording one assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More information on Major League Soccer\u2019s rules and regulations can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/about\/roster-rules-and-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TRANSACTION: Orlando City SC signs\u00a0midfielder Ignacio Gomez and defender Bernardo Rhein\u00a0to short-term agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (April 22, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC has signed Orlando City B midfielder Ignacio Gomez and defender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[86790,107055,105558,115,139,4786,18312,4788,141,140,106527,15995],"class_list":{"0":"post-242431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-bernardo-santos-rhein-goncalves","9":"tag-dcvsorl-04-25-2026","10":"tag-ignacio-gomez","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-city","14":"tag-orlando-city-b","15":"tag-orlando-city-sc","16":"tag-orlando-headlines","17":"tag-orlando-news","18":"tag-orlvsclt-04-22-2026","19":"tag-transactions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242431","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=242431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}