{"id":139136,"date":"2026-03-15T19:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:25:09","slug":"philadelphia-union-ii-sign-mamoutou-berthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139136\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union II Sign Mamoutou Berth\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      Mali youth international joins Union II<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Union II today announced that the club has signed midfielder Mamoutou Berth\u00e9 to an MLS NEXT Pro contract. The 19-year-old Mali-born midfielder will be added to Union II\u2019s active roster pending registration with U.S. Soccer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Mamoutou to the Union II family,\u201d said Ryan Richter, Union II Head Coach. \u201cHe\u2019s a competitive, athletic and aggressive midfielder with a strong soccer IQ. We\u2019re looking forward to helping him continue to develop his game in our environment while preparing him for the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berth\u00e9 developed at Africa Foot, one of the top academies in Africa. From 2023\u20132025, he made 54 appearances across all competitions for US Bougouba in the Malian Premi\u00e8re Division. Internationally, he has represented Mali at the U20 and U23 levels.<\/p>\n<p>TRANSACTION: Philadelphia Union II sign midfielder Mamoutou Berth\u00e9 to an MLS NEXT Pro contract on March 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Name: Mamoutou Berth\u00e9<br \/>Position: Midfielder<br \/>Height: 6\u20190\u201d<br \/>Born: December 31, 2006<br \/>Birthplace: Bamako, Mali<br \/>Hometown: Bamako, Mali<br \/>Citizenship: Mali<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mali youth international joins Union II Philadelphia Union II today announced that the club has signed midfielder Mamoutou&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,4857,4093,14742,4092],"class_list":["post-139136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-union-ii","tag-press-release","tag-transaction","tag-union-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}