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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 is always difficult to make these types of decisions as we part ways with one of our first MLS pla...
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 also acquired $300,000 in GAM back in December of 2020 from when they traded defender and homegrown pla...
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 — should conditions warrant — but barring a major turn for the worse in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,...
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 selected Dawson McCartney and Diego Gutierrez with the 43rd and 70th picks in the draft. The Timbers made t...