A relatively quiet offseason is about to get a bit more interesting. Although it’s not clear quite exactly how close it is to being finalized, the Seattle Sounders are pursuing free agent Albert Rusnák, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
Sounder at Heart’s Niko Moreno also independently confirmed the report.
Although Rusnák was a Designated Player during his previous five seasons with Real Salt Lake, the Sounders are believed to be trying to sign him a TAM-level contract. That would require him to take a pay cut of at least $400,000 from the roughly $2 million he was paid last year, according to MLS Players Association documents.