In what is somewhat surprising fashion, given Real Salt Lake is still under Dell Loy Hansen’s ownership with the MLS deadline for a sale approaching, moves have started to happen — from coaching to player contracts.
All reports indicate these moves are happening by and large because the team has 2020 money left they can spend — non-discretionary allocation money, mostly. And while it sounds like I’ve just made up a new MLS currency, I assure you, I haven’t. Some allocation money — largely of the targeted sort — can only be accessed by discretionary spending by owner-investors, and there’s certainly no reason for Dell Loy Hansen to be doing that.