If you are a Major League Soccer fans, chances are you have heard the terms GAM, TAM, xAM, DP, U22, International Roster Spot, Homegrown, Generation Adidas, and Superdraft. The MLS roster rules are complicated. Today we focus on GAM and TAM, or Genearl Allocation Money and Targeted Allocation Money.
The salary budget maximum for the 2022 MLS season is $4.9 million, the same amount as 2021. Only the 20 players on the senior roster count against this salary budget. Players on the supplemental roster do not count against the salary budget, this is mostly Homegrown players. Clubs do not have to fill senior roster slots 19 and 20, a minimum salary charge ($81,375) will be assessed for all unused senior roster spots besides 19 and 20.