Sporting KC Trade Kelyn Rowe to Real Salt Lake

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY SportsThe Kelyn Rowe experiment in Kansas City can be clearly declared a failure. Just before the close of the secondary transfer window, Kelyn Rowe was traded for the second time in under a year. This time, he was dealt to Real Salt Lake in exchange for $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) along with an international roster spot.

Rowe had only joined Sporting KC back on December 18th in a trade that was essentially a three team deal between the New England Revolution and the Colorado Rapids. Rowe joined SKC and he came with $300,000 in allocation money ($100,000 in TAM, $200,000 in GAM). In exchange, Sporting Kansas City gave up striker Diego Rubio. A striker…