Allen Obando is heading to The Sunshine State.
Inter Miami has signed the 18-year-old Ecuadorian footballer, who plays forward, from Barcelona Sporting Club on loan through the end of the 2025 Major League Soccer season, with an option to make the transfer permanent in December.
In exchange for Obando’s discovery rights, Inter Miami traded $100,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) and $50,000 in 2026 GAM to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the club announced Tuesday.
“I’m excited to have the opportunity to continue my career with a new challenge at a great club like Inter Miami,” Obando said in the club’s statement. “I’m ready to get to work to continue growing as a player and help my teammates and the Club fight for our objectives this season.”
Obando joins the club pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and P-1 Visa.
Obando kicked off his career with Barcelona de Guayaquil in Ecuador, making his debut in August 2022 at 16 years old. He went on to contribute four goals and three assists in two seasons before departing.
At the international level, Obando represented the Ecuadorian national team at different levels including the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and the 2025 South American U20 Championship.
Overall, he’s recorded four goals and one assist in 10 appearances while boasting the Ecuadorian national team jersey.
He made his senior national team debut in Match 2024 and has won two caps.
Obando joins Gonzalo Luján, Maximiliano Falcón, Tadeo Allende, Telasco Segovia, Baltasar Rodríguez and Fafà Picault as Miami’s signings in 2025.
Inter Miami remains unbeaten in the 2025 campaign, sitting in third place on the MLS Eastern Conference table with 10 points in four games and reaching the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinals, where it will face LAFC.
