Bedoya’s never played in MLS before, but he has had success in American soccer.
Alejandro Bedoya arrives in Philadelphia having not played a single minute of professional soccer on U.S. shores.
But his development up until he signed his first professional contract in December 2008 is pretty typically American.
The North Jersey born, Florida-bred midfielder played high school and club soccer and made two collegiate stops at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Boston College University before beginning a European odyssey that has taken him to four clubs in three different countries over the past eight years.
In his youth soccer days, Bedoya won a state championship with St.