Union sell eight SuperDraft picks
CHESTER, Pa. (December 10, 2024) – Philadelphia Union announced today that the club has completed an unprecedented trade with Colorado Rapids in which the Union can acquire up to $600,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM), in exchange for the club’s SuperDraft picks for the next three years.
The Union will receive a guaranteed $350,000 in GAM and up to $250,000 more in GAM if certain performance-based metrics are achieved. The GAM will be allocated as such: $125,000 in 2025 GAM, $125,000 in 2026 GAM, and $100,000 in 2027 GAM. In exchange, the Union have traded eight SuperDraft picks. Colorado will receive the club’s first and third-round picks in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, as well as their first, second, and third-round picks in the 2026 and 2027 MLS SuperDrafts.
So 350,000 dollars for 6 draft picks.
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350,000 gets you a solid dude in the MLS. Mbaizo gets about 350,000 dollars. The Union needs solid dudes Like Flach or Mbaizo.
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But if Colorado gets a solid Dude out of the Draft it is a wash.
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But If Colorado gets 2 solid dudes out of the draft they have the advantage.
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But that will most likely trigger performance bonuses up to 600,000. That is the price of a pretty good dude. The Union could use some pretty good Dudes. Dudes Like Jack Elliot.
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If Colorado pulls a great Dude like Andre Blake out of the Draft well they fucked themselves.
Dude…
Lol
MLS needs to set an American precedent and scrap the draft.
NWSL already scrapped their draft
But then how would MLS would open the door to competition with USL for young players. They certainly won’t do that.
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Like most mechanisms in MLS the draft is designed to level the playing field within the league while also weakening those outside it’s system and artificially preventing players from receiving their market rate in wages.
USL doesn’t pay young players close to what MLS pays. Unproven players aren’t going to command big salaries either. The college game while still soccer, has much different rules and structure than the professional game. Combine that with the condensed season, and limited practice/training time, and collegiate players are behind the eight ball when competing against academy players and seasoned pros.
Maybe, but if they actually change college soccer like rumored, maybe not.
I can understand then getting that kind of money for second and third round draft picks. they should have at least saved the first round draft picks for themselves as a jic (just in case). But believe me guys these kids ain’t going to do what you need I seen how they played in that last final of theirs. Even the wife is saying it right next to me they’re not ready and they’re going to get run over.
Nope… Dude all in.
When Tanner first arrived he did something similar. And then signed Matt Real and Nark McKenzie to Homegrown contracts at Superdraft time.
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It might transpire that Neil Pierre almost certainly and Frank Westfield possibly will be this year’s equivalents to real and McKenzie
GM need to go back to Germany. He is not interested in winning. He gave Curtain nothing to work with then fire him when there was no success. Look at Miami, LA Galaxy, LAFC they spent money. Union spent nothing. Home grown will not do it. He is getting low level players from the league no one hears about. We need to take a stand