Orlando City has replenished its allocation money reserves today following a trade with the LA Galaxy. LA sent $300,000 in 2019 Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) and an additional $100,000 in 2020 TAM in exchange for the Lions’ No. 2 spot in the MLS Allocation Order. Orlando also received the Galaxy’s spot in the Allocation Order, dropping to the 11th (soon-to-be 10th) spot.
That trade opened the door for the Galaxy to send their newly acquired No. 2 ranking to Toronto, along with the club’s first-round MLS SuperDraft selection in 2020 to grab the top spot so they could sign 31-year-old defender Giancarlo Gonzalez from Serie A’s Bologna.