While the Philadelphia Union shattered their transfer fee record to acquire Mikael Uhre and added an important piece to their attack with the loan of Julian Carranza, the bigger news of the offseason might still be the players they were able to keep.
The MLS Players Association updated salary information released on Tuesday underlines that investment the club put back into keeping several key players in the team.
Jack Elliott saw an increase of $453,750 in guaranteed compensation and his center back partner Jakob Glesnes received an increase of $290,938. They are now the sixth and seventh highest paid players on the roster after negotiating their new contracts in the offseason.