Luciano “Lucho” Acosta won the MLS MVP honor in 2023.
FRISCO, Texas– FC Dallas has actually traded for previous MLS MVP winning midfielder Luciano “Lucho” Acosta, resources validated to WFAA.
Soccer expert Tom Bogert initially reported that Acosta and the club were settling a bargain, and resources validated to WFAA on Wednesday early morning that the bargain was done and anticipated to introduce it later on in the day.
Acosta, that invested 4 periods with FC Cincinnati, is a three-time MLS All-Star and won the MLS MVP honor in 2023, where he led Cincy to the Advocates’ Guard.
The bargain was implemented with MLS’ brand-new cash money profession policy, which currently permits clubs within the organization to “utilize an unrestricted quantity of out-of-pocket funds (cash money) to trade for gamers without needing to utilize General Allotment Cash (GAM) or various other properties (such as SuperDraft choices or Global Lineup Places).” Groups are restricted to just 4 of these offers, each year: 2 outbound and 2 incoming.
Per Bogert, FC Dallas provided FC Cincinnati a transfer cost of $5 million. FC Dallas had actually filched a round figure of cash money from a couple of top-level relocate the offseason. FC Dallas obtained $1 million– to name a few properties– when dealing homemade item Jesus Ferreira to the Seattle Sounders. They obtained one more $300,000 in sending out Paul Arriola to Seattle, too. The largest of all, however, was the reported $12 million transfer cost FC Dallas received from Boca Juniors for Alan Velasco.
In Acosta, FC Dallas obtains a leading rate striking midfielder to couple with demonstrator Petar Musa, that racked up 16 objectives and was just one of 2 club reps on the 2024 MLS Dream team.
FC Dallas opens its period when driving in a Texas Derby versus Houston Eager Beaver on Feb. 22.
