The Columbus Crew have traded Kei Kamara to the New England Revolution for a record amount of allocation money.
The amount of targeted and general allocation money involved is in excess of $300,000, and more than what the Chicago Fire received last year when it executed a sign-and-trade that sent Didier Drogba to the Montreal Impact.
Kamara and Federico Higuain had a spat over who would take a penalty. Kamara had scored twice and wanted to complete a hat-trick but Higuain prevailed and converted the goal.
"We scored a lot of goals, but there was no team play," Kamara told local TV after the game. "And that completely explains the way me and Federico behaved on the penalty kick." He later added, "A team who stays together will win games. A team that doesn't, not gonna win games. And that's horrible. We are home, we go up that much and to give that many, it's horrible."
Kamara was suspended for this weekend's game and doubled down on his comments on Tuesday.
"[Coach Gregg Berhalter] told me that this morning, and obviously I didn't agree to it all," Kamara said. "I won't agree to it. But he's the boss, and if he says, 'We don't need you for the weekend. You're going to have to sit out for the weekend,' there's nothing I can do about that."