{"id":352536,"date":"2026-07-26T00:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T00:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352536\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T00:13:11","slug":"orlando-city-sc-sign-homegrown-d-bernardo-rhein-win-98-5-your-country-wnwn-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/352536\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando City SC sign homegrown D Bernardo Rhein | WIN 98.5 Your Country | WNWN-FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando City SC signed homegrown defender Bernardo Rhein to a first-team contract through \u200bthe 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n<p>The deal \u200cincludes team options for the 2028-29 and 2029-30 campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBernardo has earned this opportunity through his dedication, consistency \u200cand \u200bthe progress he\u2019s \u2060shown at every \u2060stage of our development pathway,\u201d said Orlando City general manager Ricardo Moreira.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving started in futsal, \u200bBernardo brings flair and intensity to our backline. From \u2060the Academy to \u2060OCB and now the \u200bFirst Team, he has embraced \u200bevery challenge and continued to grow \u200cas a player and as a person. This signing reflects our commitment to developing \u2060talent from within, and we\u2019re excited to support Bernardo as he takes \u2060the \u200cnext step in his \u2060career with the Club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200b18-year-old \u200cmade his MLS debut \u200bon April \u206022, 2026, against Charlotte FC. He becomes the 19th Orlando City Academy product to advance through the full development pathway.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field \u200bLevel Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando City SC signed homegrown defender Bernardo Rhein to a first-team contract through \u200bthe 2027-28 season. The deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-352536","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\/352536","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=352536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}