Cristian "Chaco" Maidana, who was tied for second in Major League Soccer with 15 assists, has been traded by the Union to the Houston Dynamo. Also sent to Houston was midfielder Andrew Wenger. In exchange, the Union received the No. 6 selection in the MLS SuperDraft along with general and targeted allocation money.
The Union will now have the No. 3 and No. 6 picks in the first round of the SuperDraft.
That was the second deal made by the Union on Monday. Earlier, they acquired former all-star midfielder Chris Pontius from D.C. United in exchange for general and targeted allocation money.