{"id":500456,"date":"2026-02-18T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mls-renews-for-2026-with-james-werner-and-berterame-as-major-attractions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:34:23","slug":"mls-renews-for-2026-with-james-werner-and-berterame-as-major-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/mls-renews-for-2026-with-james-werner-and-berterame-as-major-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS renews for 2026 with James, Werner and Berterame as major attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h2>\n\n\nWashington (EFE).\u2014<\/strong> The Major League Soccer<\/strong> begins its 2026 season this weekend with a deep restructuring of its squads and the arrival of international figures that raise the competitive profile of the championship.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: Real Madrid defeats 0-1 at <\/a><\/strong>Benfica in Lisbon and takes the lead in the eliminat<\/a>ory<\/p>\n\n\nAmong the most talked-about moves is the signing of Colombian James Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, who joins Minnesota United FC with the mission of bringing creativity and leadership to a team that last season recorded an average possession of just 39%.\n\nIt also highlights the arrival of German striker Timo Werner<\/strong> to the San Jose Earthquakes. At 29 years old and with a notable goalscoring record at RB Leipzig \u2014where he scored 78 goals\u2014 and 24 goals with the German national team, Werner seeks to relaunch his career after his time at Chelsea FC.\n\nFor its part, the reigning champion, Inter Miami CF, continues to strengthen its squad after winning the MLS Cup in December. The Florida team added Argentine forward Germ\u00e1n Berterame<\/strong>, from CF Monterrey, where he scored 50 goals in 114 games. Berterame is expected to boost the offensive front alongside Lionel Messi<\/strong>.\n\nThe club also secured the incorporations of Rodrigo De Paul<\/strong>, Tadeo Allende<\/strong> and the Spanish full-back Sergio Reguil\u00f3n<\/strong>, consolidating a squad with a strong Argentine presence and European experience.\n\n\n

More market movements<\/h3>\n\n\nThe transfer market exceeded 300 operations between signings and departures in the 30 clubs of the league. Among them, the return of the Uruguayan Facundo Torres<\/strong> stands out, now with Austin FC, in an operation valued at 9.5 million dollars after his time at Palmeiras.\n\nLikewise, Mexican H\u00e9ctor Herrera<\/strong> returned to Houston Dynamo FC, while young Obed Vargas left Seattle Sounders FC to join Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid.\n\nAmong the most relevant departures are the retirements of Jordi Alba<\/strong> and Sergio Busquets<\/strong>, who ended their careers after lifting the title with Inter Miami.\n\nThey also changed destination the Venezuelan Josef Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, now at Club Tijuana, and the Belgian Christian Benteke<\/strong>, who left D.C. United for Al-Wahda FC.\n\nWith a dynamic market and the arrival of established figures, MLS is betting on maintaining its international growth and reinforcing its appeal in a key year for soccer in the United States.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington (EFE).\u2014 The Major League Soccer begins its 2026 season this weekend with a deep restructuring of its squads and the arrival of international figures that raise the competitive profile of the championship. You may be interested in: Real Madrid defeats 0-1 at Benfica in Lisbon and takes the lead in the eliminatory Among the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-500456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26bS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Football"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}