Sporting Kansas City today made official the rumors that have been swirling for the last couple of days, sending forward, Dom Dwyer to Orlando City in exchange for allocation money. The deal involves the largest amount of allocation money in league history. Sporting Kansas City will get $900,000 in allocation initially ($400,000 in general allocation money, $500,000 in targeted allocation money) and should Dwyer meet certain performance levels, KC will earn another $700,000 in funds. So a total of $1.6 million in allocation money for the club’s second all time leading scorer.
Dwyer’s absence will certainly be felt initially, while he has only scored five goals this season, he was averaging .