Friday, March 6, 2009

Highest Paid MLS Players - Top 25

The Major League Soccer Players Union has released the salary figures of individual players for the upcoming 2009 season. Look for more analysis of these numbers in coming days, but for now, here are the 25 highest-paid players in MLS this year, ranked by their total guaranteed compensation.































RankNameClubSalary
1David Beckham*Los Angeles Galaxy$6,500,000.04
2Cuauhtemoc Blanco*Chicago Fire$2,943,702
3Juan Pablo Angel*New York Red Bulls$1,798,000
4Freddie Ljungberg*Seattle Sounders FC$1,314,000
5Landon Donovan*Los Angeles Galaxy$900,000
6Guillermo Barros Schelotto*Columbus Crew$775,000
7Luciano Emilio*D.C. United$758,857.14
8Shalrie JosephNew England Revolution$450,000
9Christian GomezD.C. United$430,000
10Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution$420,000
11Brian McBrideChicago Fire$385,333.33
12Darren HuckerbySan Jose Earthquakes$385,000
13Dwayne DeRosarioToronto FC$357,000
14Amado GuevaraToronto FC$323,750
15Chad MarshallColumbus Crew$320,000
16Carl RobinsonToronto FC$315,000
17Pablo VittiToronto FC$303,000
18Pablo MastroeniColorado Rapids$300,500
19Kasey KellerSeattle Sounders FC$300,000
20Jeff CunninghamFC Dallas$267,500
21FredD.C. United$257,000
22Justin MappChicago Fire$255,000
23Jaime MorenoD.C. United$250,000
24Ricardo ClarkHouston Dynamo$248,050
25Bobby ConveySan Jose Earthquakes$244,500
* Designated Player

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jeff Cunningham is extremely overpaid. Useless striker.

Anonymous said...

Not a single RSL player..... Frugal or smart?

Stan said...

You've got the "salary" and "club" column labels switched.

Anonymous said...

And Kenny Cooper is nowhere in sight.

Amazing...

Anonymous said...

Ljunberg should not even be on the list.

Anonymous said...

hey. where the hickle is cristiano ronaldo?? i love that man!

Anonymous said...

cristiano ronaldo is not even in the MLS LOL

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