Osvaldo Alonso’s tenure as “El Corazon de los Sounders” is, officially, over. Minnesota United unveiled their new player on Thursday, announcing they’d signed him through a somewhat complicated waiver process.
But if you’ve been paying any sort of attention, you’ve seen this move coming. If not last year when he was exposed in the Expansion Draft; if not last month when it was revealed that the Seattle Sounders were choosing to let him test free agency; then certainly once not one, but two MLS teams had submitted offers for the 33-year-old midfielder.