It sounds like Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) will get a significant increase for the 2017 MLS season. According to Grant Wahl, MLS is expected to make the announcement sometime in the next week.
If Wahl’s report is correct, MLS will be increasing the League’s overall TAM budget by $8.8 million. That’s an additional $400,000 for each team over 2016’s amount, which would bring the total to $1.2 million per team for the upcoming season. With the MLS salary cap scheduled to increase to $3.845 million in 2017, this one-time additional $1.2 million can help many teams bring in better talent to improve their rosters or give them another tool to keep some of their higher-priced players.