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FC Cincinnati have acquired $950,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for midfielder Frankie Amaya. The Orange and Blue will receive $500,000 in GAM in 2021 and $450,000 in GAM in 2022. Should Amaya meet certain performance-based metrics, FC Cincinnati could receive up to an additional $125,000 in General Allocation Money. In addition, FC Cincinnati will receive a percentage of any future transfer fee should New York transfer Amaya outside of MLS. “It ...

Timbers acquire $225,000 in GAM from FC Cincinnati Share this story Photo by Joe Petro/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Portland Timbers announced on Friday that they have traded an international roster spot to FC Cincinnati in exchange for $225,000 in General Allocation Money. It is the second move that the Timbers have made in 2021 to acquire GAM, the first coming back in January when they traded the eighth overall pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for $100,000 in GAM. They als...

Details of revised MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement Share this story The fight is over. For now. With Major League Soccer owners and players coming to a temporary détente in their interminable labor fight, the parties can finally turn their focus to the battles on the field. The Collective Bargaining Agreement has been ratified by both parties, and there will be labor peace at least until Dec. 2, 2021. At that point, the parties will once against have the chance to revisit the CBA — shoul...

Timbers select Dawson McCartney, Diego Gutierrez in 2021 MLS SuperDraft Share this story Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Well, from a pure drafting standpoint it wasn’t an extremely exciting 2021 MLS SuperDraft for the Portland Timbers. However, there was still some action on the day, as the Timbers traded away the eighth overall pick (which they had acquired from the LA Galaxy in exchange for Jorge Villafana earlier this month) for General Allocation Money and selecte...

Erik Sorga Of that group, eleven are under contract for 2021. Odoi-Atsem, who established himself as first-choice at right back over the final third of the season, has been given a bona fide offer by United, which makes this choice to protect him a strong indicator that he will eventually sign a new deal. Importantly, United does not have to protect any Homegrown players who retain their Generation Adidas status. While this rubric was used years ago to declare that Bill Hamid had “graduated�...

Getty Images Austin FC’s Expansion Draft is this evening, and for D.C. United, it’s a straightforward event: losing a player is bad, not losing one is good. Fortunately, the odds are in the Black-and-Red’s favor, as Austin can only take five players from a group of 16 teams, but it’s nonetheless a possibility that United ends up losing a player and getting just $50,000 in General Allocation money (far less than their market value) in return. We talked about the protected list yesterday,...

Toronto FC leaves Piatti, Morrow exposed for the upcoming MLS Expansion Draft Share this story Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images TORONTO, Canada—Major League Soccer (MLS) unveiled Monday afternoon the full list of players eligible for selection in the upcoming 2020 MLS Expansion Draft, set to take place Tuesday at 6 p.m. EST. The 27th club to join the league, Austin FC, will be able to select up to five players from the list of eligible names to add to its roster ahead of the Texas-bas...

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Another trade has been confirmed by the Portland Timbers. The club will send defender Marco Farfan to LAFC in exchange for $300,000 in General Allocation Money. The move was reported earlier this month by ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle. At 18 years old, Farfan was the youngest player signing in team history. He was also the first product of the Timbers academy to sign a homegrown contract back in 2016. Now 22, Farfan has made 37 appearances (24 starts) during his time w...