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It may not be the most exciting trade of the National Women’s Soccer League offseason, but it is groundbreaking all the same: The Chicago Red Stars announced Tuesday the club had traded away a draft pick in exchange for allocation money, a new mechanism for teams to pay players above the salary cap.
The Utah Royals acquired the No. 8 overall pick in Thursday’s college draft for an undisclosed amount of allocation money with sights set on specific players. The trade, which involves a spending mechanism but no players, is the first of its kind to be announced in the NWSL.