The team and Bradley both declined to address a report that a win in the MLS Cup final would have triggered another year at $6.5 million. He's a guy that I hope can be here when he retires,'' team president Bill Manning said last month. The 2019 MLS Cup final was Bradley's 200th game in all competitions for Toronto. Keeping Bradley in the fold means hanging on to the man who helps drive the team's culture, which has gone from league doormat to perennial contender. Altidore made $6.33 million last season, compared to $3.8 million for Pozuelo.įreeing up the DP slot allows the team to acquire new star talent. Striker Jozy Altidore and Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo are Toronto's other two DPs. But teams have time in the off-season before having to make the salary numbers work. If TAM is used to free up a designated player slot, the club must sign a new DP at an investment equal to, or greater than, the player he is replacing. It also used TAM on the now-departed Victor Vazquez, who made $1.5 million in 2018.Ĭlubs can use targeted allocation money to convert a designated player to a non-DP by buying down his salary budget charge at or below the maximum salary budget charge. Toronto used TAM to bring centre back Omar Gonzalez on board in July for a salary listed at $1.194 million.
The level below that involves using targeted allocation money, with a maximum annual salary of $1.53 million in 2019. "I came here for something way bigger than that and the reasons for me wanting to stay are way bigger than that."Ĭurrent rules allow for team to have as many as three designated players, who each count the maximum salary budget charge ($530,000 in 2019) no matter how much they make. "The money, the contract itself, while always important, that's not the driving force here, in any way," Bradley said Nov. But he made no secret of his love for Toronto and said money was not an issue. The TFC skipper elected not to talk about his contract status this year, saying he did not want it to become a distraction. That opens the way to the club fulfilling its off-season goal to add to its offence.īradley's $39-million, six-year contract expires at the end of the year. The new deal involves targeted allocation money, meaning Bradley will give up his designated player status and take a pay cut from the US$6.5 million he earned this season. TFC has scheduled a "major announcement" for Thursday. TORONTO - Captain Michael Bradley, true to his word, is sticking with Toronto FC.Ī source, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced, confirmed Wednesday that the 32-year-old midfielder has agreed on a new contract with the MLS club.
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