The Seattle Sounders waived forward Kenny Cooper in a move that has quickly become a hot topic around the league and in Seattle. Here’s the latest from the Twitterverse.
Here’s the official release from the Sounders-
OFFICIAL: Sounders FC waives forward Kenny Cooper: http://t.co/MA9CiKmdvDpic.twitter.com/ceVDGMM5EG
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) April 2, 2015
The Seattle Times’ Matt Pentz passes along the fact that Cooper will pass through the league’s waiver list.
Cooper will now go through the league’s waiver list to find a new home
— Matt Pentz (@mattpentz) April 2, 2015
The Sounders had bought out Cooper’s contract.
Lagerwey: ‘To be clear, we bought Kenny (Cooper) out of his contract’
— Matt Pentz (@mattpentz) April 2, 2015
Per the good people at Sounder at Heart, Cooper was once rumored to be headed to Montreal via trade.
Kenny Cooper may be headed to Montreal Impact, according to @24thminutehttp://t.co/F7oASmWy1gpic.twitter.com/UT5nF4PR9W — Sounder At Heart (@sounderatheart) April 1, 2015
SB Nation’s Jeremiah Oshan, the Montreal Impact never offered anything for Cooper in a trade.
From what I’m told, impact never offered trade for cooper and he never turned down move there — Jeremiah Oshan (@JeremiahOshan) April 2, 2015
ESPN’s Taylor Twellman says Cooper was a cap casualty.
Only reason why Kenny Cooper was waived is because the cap wasn’t as high as many teams thought it would be. #CBA
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) April 2, 2015
Sounders Rumors looks at the financial savings for the Sounders after the move.
Should Kevin Parsemain and Kenny Cooper leave Seattle, their departure would open just over $320,000 in cap space.
— Sounders Rumors (@SSFC_Rumors) March 19, 2015
And finally, NBC Sports Soccer looks at Cooper’s options after leaving Seattle.
Kenny Cooper and the MLS bargain bin: Sorting out his options http://t.co/0BxJJxFG7T — NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) April 3, 2015
