MIAMI – Miami FC has announced the signing of defender Allan Aniz and goalkeeper Daniel Gagliardi ahead of the 2024 USL Championship season. The transactions are pending league and federation approval.

Aniz joins Miami from Brazilian club SC Internacional U20. The 20-year-old was with the club for the 2022 and 2023 seasons where he competed in Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (Copina) and CBF Brasileiro U20. In 2023, he assisted the team in making the Brasileiro U20 playoffs where they reached the quarterfinals. 

Prior to transferring to SC Internacional U20, the right-back played for EC Bahia U20 since 2020 and was a member of their U17 squad since 2019. Throughout his youth career, Aniz won the Campeonato Gaúcho Sub-20 in 2022 and Campeonato Baiano Sub-20 in 2021.

A local product from Plantation, Fla., Gagliardi has previously competed in the USL Championship for FC Tulsa and in USL League One for Inter Miami CF II. Most recently, he played for AC Syracuse Pulse during the 2022 National Independence Soccer Association season, where he recorded five shutouts and allowed 12 appearances.

The 26-year-old had previously attended Florida International University where he finished his senior year ranked first in saves in Conference USA and earned a spot on the All-CUSA Third Team. Gagliardi was subsequently selected in the Second Round of the 2020 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by Vancouver Whitecaps FC before signing with Inter Miami CF to start his professional career.