The 38-year-old former US international returns for an 11th season with the Union. He will continue his role as player development and front office specialist.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlejandro\u2019s impact on our organization continues to be invaluable, both on and off the field,\u201d said head coach Bradley Carnell. \u201cWhile he remains an important contributor as a player, his leadership and insights in his player development and front office roles are especially beneficial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“His experience and deep understanding of our system make him a steady presence and trusted mentor for our younger players, while his work behind the scenes continues to strengthen our culture.”<\/p>\n
Bedoya joined Philadelphia in 2016 from Ligue 1 side Nantes, and has since helped the club win two Supporters’ Shields (2020, 2025), reach MLS Cup 2022, and make two Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n He has contributed 31g\/31a in 315 appearances across all competitions. Last season, Bedoya started nine of 24 appearances, recording 1g\/3a as the Union won their second-ever Shield with 66 points.<\/p>\n At the international level, Bedoya has 66 USMNT<\/a> caps and helped win\u00a0two Concacaf Gold Cup<\/a> titles. He also participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philadelphia’s 2026 campaign begins on Feb. 21 at D.C. United<\/a> (7:30 pm ET | Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 38-year-old former US international returns for an 11th season with the Union. He will continue his role…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[41375,69,71,70,10227,10226,26410],"class_list":{"0":"post-82177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-alejandro-bedoya","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-philadelphia-union","13":"tag-sendtonews","14":"tag-transfer-tracker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82177","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=82177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}