{"id":499333,"date":"2026-01-07T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499333\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:55:10","slug":"philadelphia-union-re-sign-ben-bender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499333\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Union re-sign Ben Bender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:<\/strong> Re-signed<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/philadelphia-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Union<\/a> have re-signed midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/benjamin-bender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Bender<\/a> through June 2027 with an option through June 2028, the club announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old made eight appearances across all competitions for the Union during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/philadelphia-union-win-2025-supporters-shield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Supporters&#8217; Shield-winning<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, he contributed 8g\/8a in 61 total matches for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/charlotte-fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte FC<\/a>, who selected him No. 1 overall in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/superdraft\/2022\/draft-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 MLS SuperDraft<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen has been a positive addition and has made meaningful contributions since returning to the Union last May,\u201d said head coach Bradley Carnell. \u201cWhen given opportunities, he\u2019s consistently made the most of them, bringing a high level of competitiveness and a strong work ethic to the pitch every day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re confident in his continued development and future impact with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia begin their 2026 MLS Season on Feb. 21 with a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/d-c-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D.C. United<\/a> (7:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/dc-united-vs-philadelphia-union\/umc.cse.4ecan5ee0daxz7f6tj4li8hwf?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Re-signed The Philadelphia Union have re-signed midfielder Ben Bender through June 2027 with an option&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,224213,1448,2830,1311,8895,37638,41877,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-499333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-benjamin-bender","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-union","14":"tag-sendtonews","15":"tag-transfer-tracker","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115854870136849668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}