Now, though, there's no doubt the Czech midfielder has been well worth the largest salary in team history.
Dockal leads the Union with 15 assists and an average of 2.6 chances created per game this year. The assists total is the second highest in MLS; the chances created per game rank 10th. And he's scored five goals, too.
He's done all that while fighting a series of ankle injuries. Now that the Union don't have a midweek game for the first time since early September, he's finally gotten some recovery time.