ORLANDO, Fla. (June 12, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B has signed Orlando City Academy defender Parker Amoo-Mensah to an MLS NEXT Pro contract through the 2028 season, the club announced today. Amoo-Mensah becomes the latest academy product to advance along Orlando City\u2019s development pathway into the professional ranks with OCB.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cParker is a player who has shown\u00a0leadership,\u00a0strong\u00a0progression within our development pathway and has earned this next opportunity,\u201d said Ricardo Moreira, Orlando City SC\u00a0General\u00a0Manager and\u00a0Sporting\u00a0Director.\u00a0\u201cHe\u00a0has shown\u00a0consistency, discipline\u00a0and\u00a0hunger,\u00a0and he understands what he needs to embrace each day to continue pushing toward the professional level. Signing his first contract marks a significant step in his development along our pathway, and\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0excited to see him continue his progress with OCB.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Amoo-Mensah made his professional debut March\u00a08, 2026, against Chicago Fire FC II and has since made 12\u00a0appearances, including\u00a0eight\u00a0starts, for Orlando City B in MLS NEXT Pro play.\u00a0The 18-year-old recorded his first goal contribution March 14, 2026, providing an assist on a Harvey Sarajian goal against Carolina Core FC after entering as a second-half substitute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0The signing of Amoo-Mensah further reflects Orlando City\u2019s commitment to creating a clear and purposeful pathway for academy players, with opportunities to advance from the youth ranks to MLS NEXT Pro and beyond.<\/p>\n
TRANSACTION: Orlando City B signs Orlando City Academy\u00a0defender Parker Amoo-Mensah\u00a0to an MLS NEXT Pro contract through 2028.<\/p>\n
\n Parker Amoo-Mensah\u00a0[AH-moo MEN-suh]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Born:\u00a0\u00a0February 12, 2008\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hometown:\u00a0Lisle, Ill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (June 12, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Orlando City B has signed Orlando City Academy defender Parker Amoo-Mensah to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3412,115,139,18312,141,140,123147],"class_list":["post-305547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-academy","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city-b","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-parker-amoo-mensah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305547","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=305547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}