The offseason moves are starting to pick up for FC Dallas as we move closer to the 2026 season. On Monday, FC Dallas announced that they have acquired midfielder Ran Binyamin via transfer from Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
Binyamin has signed a U22 Initiative contract through the 2028-29 Major League Soccer season with club options for the 2029-30 and 2030-31 seasons. Binyamin will occupy an international roster slot, pending receipt of his P-1 visa and International Transfer Certificate.
The 21-year old joins FC Dallas after spending the last three years with Hapoel, where he made 85 appearances across all competitions. He made his professional debut on Aug. 20, 2022. During the 2024-25 season, Hapoel competed in the Liga Leumit, Israel’s second division, where Binyamin posted career highs in appearances (34), goals (7), and assists (7), helping the team win the Liga Leumit title and earn promotion.
The Beerseva, Israel, native began his football career with local club Hapoel Meitar before joining the Hapoel Beer Sheva Academy in 2016. In 2019, he joined the F.C. Ashdod Academy, and moved to the Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Academy in 2020.
Internationally, Binyamin has represented Israel at the U-19, U-20, and U-21 levels. He appeared in six matches for Israel’s U-20 national team at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring one goal in the nation's historic third-place finish. With the U-21 national team, he has made nine appearances and scored three goals in the UEFA European U-21 Championship qualifiers.
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BDS Quick Take
I discussed a few thoughts about Binyamin when this was a rumor a few days back. The main thing to think about here is how FC Dallas currently has five U22 players under contract at the moment. This means someone has to be moved, loaned, or bought out.
This also marks the first player signed by the club for the new calendar structure in MLS (normally, we would see through 2028 since contracts ran through December of that year).
Lastly, it will be intriguing to see what kind of transfer fee FC Dallas spent for Binyamin, whose transfer value was estimated roughly around the $300k range on Transfermarkt.
