Steve Goff, one of the top DC United writers I have come across, provides a good run down of the new deal that De Rosario has signed today.

The real talking point in the deal is that despite being the highest paid player on United's roster De Ro will not be getting the Designated Player tag he seems to covet so greatly. Instead De Ro will have his contract paid down with allocation money this season so that he hit the cap below that $350,000 mark.

Since this is MLS the teams of the deal are not released but we can safely assume that he has received a decent raise over the $500,000 that he was making last year. It is also expected that the deal will be at least two years plus option years to follow. The club will likely be hoping that the 33 year old Canadian will see out his playing days on this new deal.

Toronto FC fans will look at all the happiness and love between player and club with a unique perspective though. Many of us still have that bad taste left in our mouth from De Ro's departure and will certainly question why he seems to have conceded on his desire to be a DP. In Toronto that status seemed to be all that he wanted to show he was among the league elite and many times it seemed more important to him than the dollar figure of his deal.

In the end De Ro has his deal, he is not a DP, and he seems happy...for now.