Nearly five years ago, Sporting Kansas City dealt striker Dom Dwyer to Orlando City in a record setting trade. The deal was reportedly for up to $1.6 million in xAM, both Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) and General Allocation Money (GAM). This week, a bigger deal was finally made when Paul Arriola was traded from D.C. United to FC Dallas for a guaranteed $2 million in GAM with another $300,000 available based on performance. So up to $2.3 million.
On the surface, it is obvious that $1.