According to several MLS journalists with, a strong track record of getting this sort of thing right, the Vancouver Whitecaps will shortly be trading Maxime Crepeau to LAFC for 1 Million in GAM. From certain angles this deal makes sense, from others it is questionable. Let’s look at some of those angles!
Firstly, let’s look at the angles from which this makes sense. The Whitecaps acquired Crepeau for a tiny amount of money and they are about to sell him for about 20x what they initially paid. Crepeau just had by far the best four months of his career after the fancy stats mostly had him pegged as an average shot-stopper for most of his career.