Sounders FC Receives $50,000 in General Allocation Money from Charlotte FC in Exchange for Priority to Chris Hegardt
Published on January 6, 2022 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release
SEATTLE, WASH. - Seattle Sounders FC today announced that it has traded the MLS Homegrown priority for Chris Hegardt to Charlotte FC in exchange for $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM), as well as an additional $50,000 GAM if certain performance-based incentives are met. The 2022 expansion side signed Hegardt to a contract today following two seasons at Georgetown University. Hegardt won the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup with Sounders FC Academy and made 17 USL Championship appearances for Tacoma Defiance.
TRANSACTION: Sounders FC trades MLS Homegrown priority for Chris Hegardt to Charlotte FC in exchange for $50,000 GAM, as well as an additional $50,000 GAM if certain performance-based incentives are met.
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