On paper, the deal to bring Sacha Kljestan to Orlando City last winter looked like a blockbuster. The New York Red Bulls sent their captain — the reigning assist king in Major League Soccer — and $150,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) south in return for one of OCSC’s most promising Homegrown Players as well as a Designated Player in Tommy Redding and Carlos Rivas, respectively
It didn’t work out for New York, with the Red Bulls getting just one appearance out of Redding (which happened to be their wild 4-3 loss to Orlando) and loaning Rivas back to Colombia.