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Initial thoughts on Austin FC dropping big roster news on a ... very slow news day

Initial thoughts on Austin FC dropping big roster news on a ... very slow news day

Nothing going on today, right? Austin FC figured it was a good day to announce it's parting ways with five players. Could any of them be back?

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If you’re wondering why Austin FC announced on Tuesday — just a humdrum, run-of-the-mill, vanilla Tuesday — that it was declining option years on five players, here’s a number for you:

$3,184,797.

That’s the combined 2024 guaranteed compensation payouts for Matt Bersano, Ethan Finlay, Matt Hedges, Alex Ring, and Jhojan Valencia.

Verde did pick up the op…

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