[AMERICANS ABROAD SPOTLIGHT] As a method of perspective, for the price paid by Bolton to obtain defender Tim Ream in a transfer from MLS, theclub could fund the salary cap of one MLS team this season. Selling Ream, who earned just $62,500 last season, for $2.81 million won’t clear a lot of room from the salary-budget charge in 2012mandated by the collective bargaining agreement. Yet the Red Bulls and MLS did make the right move by holding onto Ream last summer because his value escalated sharply from Arsenal’s $1.2 millionbid.

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