TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing
Inter Miami CF have signed homegrown midfielder David Ruiz through the 2025 MLS season with options for 2026-27, the club announced Friday.
Ruiz, 19, is Miamiâs sixth academy product to sign with the first team. Heâs already played 17 minutes for the Herons in MLS play this season while called up on short-term loans.
âDavid is a good player who has grown a lot within our system over the last few years and has already shown he can compete at this level. Weâre very excited to continue to help him along his upward trajectory at the club,â chief soccer officer and sporting director Chris Henderson said in a release.Â
âWe feel weâre continuing to make great strides with our development pathway and weâre happy to have another young player like David come through it and reach the first team.â
In 2022, Ruiz notched two assists in 16 MLS NEXT Pro matches (13 starts) for Inter Miami CF II. He joined Miamiâs U-17 team in 2021 after coming up through the Miami United Stars academy.
Ruiz has featured for both the US and Honduras at the youth levels, recently representing the US Under-19s in January and Hondurasâ Under-20 team in April as they prepare for next monthâs FIFA U-20 World Cup.
âI feel really happy, really proud to have this opportunityâŠI was born here and I feel proud to sign for the first team in my home city,â said Ruiz. âTraining next to the first team motivated me a lot, and itâs something I set as a goal for myself, that thatâs where I wanted to be.âÂ
Ruiz joins Noah Allen, Edison Azcona, Benjamin Cremaschi, Ian Fray and Felipe Valencia as the first homegrown signings in Inter Miami history.
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