Salloi’s 16 goals and Russell’s 15 were both career highs, either in MLS or in any previous league campaign.
If manager and sporting director Peter Vermes doesn’t want to count on both halves of that tandem duplicating their 2021 virtuosity, the most likely avenue to add a splashier center forward replacement might be through the league’s U22 initiative.
Wiebe even teased the idea of a move to bring out of form U.S. national team striker Josh Sargent back from Norwich City to just a few hours from where he grew up in suburban St. Louis. Bogert doesn’t think that’s likely.
“I love the idea, but to be eligible for the U22 initiative, you need to be making under the max budget (charge),” which is just above $600,000, Bogert said. “I would like to speak this into existence, but yeah, unlikely.”
