Major League Soccer has given its teams extra spending money, but how will the Red Bulls be able to use it?
Major League Soccer has provided its clubs with greater roster flexibility in the form of $1.6 million in targeted allocation money per team over the next two years.
Targeted allocation money was introduced during the 2015 season as a mechanism that allows teams to acquire players who would otherwise sit above the threshold as designated players. Specifically, it can be used to pay a player making between $457,500 and $1 million per year so that the player does not count as a designated player.