Justin Braun made two appearances last season for Real Salt Lake after being acquired from the Montreal Impact on July 11. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Toronto FC has acquired forward Justin Braun from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Aaron Maund.
Braun, 25, made two appearances for Real Salt Lake after being acquired from the Montreal Impact on July 11. He made 14 appearances for Real Salt Lake and Montreal combined this past season.
He signed a development contract with Chivas USA in March 2008 and spent four seasons with the club.
Braun has appeared in 110 regular season matches and has scored 24 goals over five seasons in Major League Soccer.
He has one goal in four career playoff matches.
Maund, 22, made 15 league appearances with Toronto FC this season. He also played three games in the group stage of CONCACAF Champions League.
Maund was originally selected twelfth overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft out of Notre Dame.
"We'd like to thank Aaron for his contributions both to our club this past season," Toronto head coach Paul Mariner said in a statement. "We want to welcome Justin into our squad, he is an experienced forward who will help our club."
RSL deals with Red Bulls, Timbers
Real Salt Lake traded top veterans Fabian Espindola and Jamison Olave to the New York Red Bulls, and Will Johnson to Portland, in exchange for an undisclosed amount of allocation money.
The 27-year-old Espindola was an MLS All-Star in 2012.
He started 104 games for Real Salt Lake and registered 35 goals and 17 assists.
The 31-year-old Olave appeared in 119 games and was 2010 MLS Defender of the Year.
Johnson spent the better part of five seasons with RSL.
All three played on the squd that won the MLS Cup in 2009.
General manager Garth Lagerwey said salary cap constraints forced the trade.
