The Quakes have just signed four players at above the Designated Player (DP) threshold in a single week. Of course, none of them will count as DPs because of the bounty of Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) each team got, but it’s still a stunning spending spree from a franchise that has long been seen as passive in the transfer market, and one that badly needs a shot in the arm after years of futility.
That’s been just one phase in an off-season that also contained a huge number of cuts, the traditional series of MLS drafts, and a few other roster moves here and there, let alone the hiring of just the second GM the franchise has employed since its relaunch in 2008.