{"id":175958,"date":"2026-08-20T19:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/175958\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:02:09","slug":"vancouver-whitecaps-acquire-defender-sebastian-ramirez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/175958\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps acquire defender Sebasti\u00e1n Ram\u00edrez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:\u00a0Signing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> have acquired center back Sebasti\u00e1n Ram\u00edrez on loan from Colombian top-flight side Fortaleza CEIF, the club announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Colombian youth international&#8217;s loan lasts through June 2027 and includes a purchase option.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSebasti\u00e1n is a young, defensively minded player who has emerged as a key contributor for Fortaleza,\u201d said sporting director Axel Schuster. \u201cHe brings a strong balance of aggression and awareness to defensive situations, while also offering versatility across multiple positions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to welcome Sebasti\u00e1n to the group and look forward to supporting his continued development.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A product of Fortaleza&#8217;s academy, Ram\u00edrez has three goals in 46 appearances for Los Amix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, the Miami-born Ram\u00edrez has featured four times for Colombia&#8217;s U-20s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to have arrived at Whitecaps FC. It is a great opportunity for me to grow and I\u2019m looking forward to giving my best to help the team,\u201d said Ram\u00edrez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I am joining a club that strives to win, so I will work hard to help this team win titles and bring joy to the fans in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/transfer-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLS Transfer Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:\u00a0Signing Vancouver Whitecaps FC have acquired center back Sebasti\u00e1n Ram\u00edrez on loan from Colombian top-flight side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1072,40367,95,1069],"class_list":["post-175958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-sendtonews","tag-transfer-tracker","tag-vancouver","tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}