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Red Bulls trade Joel Lindpere in salary dump
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09:05 AM ET 01.05 | The Red Bulls traded Joel Lindpere to Chicago on Friday. They got just an international slot in exchange for the veteran Estonian midfielder, but the move is a salary dump. This team was always bound to have cap woes for 2013, and Lindpere is the latest casualty of those, albiet with a move that might serve both sides well. Relations between the Red Bulls and Lindpere became more strained last season. He made clear his preference for playing centrally, as he had in 2010; but he never would have gotten that opportunity in New York with Tim Cahill, Dax McCarty and the newly signed Juninho in the fold. And Lindpere was due to make over $200,000 this year, including bonuses -- far too great a sum to be on the bench.
Joel Lindpere, Mike Stobe/Getty Images
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Have the Red Bulls been talking to the Marlins about the fine points of salary dumping??
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