MLS Salaries

MementoMori

Apparently someone made a bit of a whoopsie and a list of the entire salaries of the MLS were posted on their website.

Follow the link to see the details

http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/9_7_08_salary_info_alpha.pdf

Some notable ones

David Beckham $6,500,000.04
Juan Pablo Angel $1,593,750
Brad Guzan $103,974.38
Darren Huckerby $355,000
Ronnie O'Brien $258,750
Brian McBride $189,333.25

Also a fair few players on a salary of $12,900 which I presume is some sort of apprentice-type deal

Presuamnly Guzan's salary has jumped quite a bit since joining Villa

Previous Time Person of the Century Candidate Ronnie O'Brien pocketing a tasty quarter of a mil which aint a bad old payday.

pickarooney

MementoMori wrote: »

Apparently someone made a bit of a whoopsie and a list of the entire salaries of the MLS were posted on their website.

Follow the link to see the details

http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/9_7_08_salary_info_alpha.pdf

Some notable ones

David Beckham $6,500,000.04
Juan Pablo Angel $1,593,750
Brad Guzan $103,974.38
Darren Huckerby $355,000
Ronnie O'Brien $258,750
Brian McBride $189,333.25

Also a fair few players on a salary of $12,900 which I presume is some sort of apprentice-type deal

Presuamnly Guzan's salary has jumped quite a bit since joining Villa

Previous Time Person of the Century Candidate Ronnie O'Brien pocketing a tasty quarter of a mil which aint a bad old payday.

About a week's wages for Lampard, to put it into perspective.

CantGetNoSleep

Both McBride and O'Brien would earn far more in the Championship

redout

These guys maybe get far more commercial salaries through sponsorship though than most British players. Landon Donovan I reckon gets more in sponsorship than his MLS salary.

leninbenjamin

MementoMori wrote: »

Apparently someone made a bit of a whoopsie and a list of the entire salaries of the MLS were posted on their website.

they've been available a long while now. I think they were actually published by the US players union who were pissed off at the level of inequality in the players salaries. It's ridiculous Beckham gets so much while some of his senior team mates earn little more than what would be minimum wage for this country.

LuckyLloyd

redout wrote: »

These guys maybe get far more commercial salaries through sponsorship though than most British players. Landon Donovan I reckon gets more in sponsorship than his MLS salary.

Can't imagine good old honest Brian McBride (and the majority of the playing base) does though!!

In relative terms, those numbers look extremely well managed. Trust American sports to know how to cut their cloth.

anonymous_joe

Sadly I can't see their game developing well though.

When you're not able to pay more than 250k for one of your best players, they'll start to drift towards Europe.

How old's O'Brien at this stage?

podge018

That list is what the MLS pay them, their clubs pay them more again on top of that.

anonymous_joe

You sure?

I honestly don't know because the rules for American sports and player ownership are boring and overly complex. :P

redout

Who cares to be honest. I am sure we can all agree that they are payed peanuts.