WHAT THEY EARN The entire list, club-by-club, of MLS salaries

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July 14, 2005

WHAT THEY EARN
The entire list, club-by-club, of MLS salaries

L.A. Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan earns more than any other MLS player in salary -- $900,000 a year.
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Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan earns the most at $900,000 a year while a host of developmental players are tied for the least amount at $11,700.

This information was obtained from MLS Players Union documents that recently were given to all players and agents. BigAppleSoccer.com obtained these documents from sources that have asked to remain anonymous.

The overall salary, which is called the average annual guaranteed compensation by the union, includes a player's base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses that is annualized over the term of a player's contract.

The average annual guaranteed compensation also includes annual marketing bonus that will be received this year and any agent's fees annualized over the course of the contract. Those overall figures do not include performance bonuses because there is no guarantee players will reach those bonuses.

The salary list:

C.D. Chivas USA

Ramon Ramirez, midfielder ($425,000, $500,000)

Douglas Sequeira, defender ($150,000, $165,000)

Isaac Romo, forward ($100,000, $105,000)

Martin Zuniga, goalkeeper ($100,000, $105,000)

Alfonso Loera, defender ($90,000, $94,500)

Antonio Martinez, midfielder ($70,000, $70,000)

Orlando Perez, defender ($63,000, $63,750)

Armando Begines, defender ($60,000, $63,500)

Ezra Hendrickson, defender ($60,000, $61,250)

Francisco Gomez, midfielder ($57,475, $60,912.50)

Hector Cuadros, midfielder ($57,600, $60,100)

Brad Guzan, goalkeeper ($30,000, $45,000)

Thiago Martins, forward ($42,500, $42,500)

Matt Taylor, forward ($36,750, $41,750)

Christian Jiminez, midfielder ($30,000, $40,000)

Francisco Mendoza, midfielder ($36,000, $38,500)

Jesus Ochoa, defender-midfielder ($36,000, $36,000)

Aaron Lopez, defender-midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Arturo Torres, forward ($28,000, $28,000)

Victor Abrelaez, defender-midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Esteban Arias, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Michael Erush, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Javier Barragan, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Milton Blanco, midfielder-forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Shaun Kalnasy, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Mike Munoz, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Chicago Fire

Tony Sanneh, defender-midfielder ($285,000, $365,000.33)

Chris Armas, midfielder ($250,000, $325,000)

Lubos Reiter, forward ($170,000, $188,015)

Samuel Caballero, defender ($144,000, $162,750)

Ivan Guerrero, defender-midfielder ($100,000, $127,500)

Andy Herron, forward ($102,000, $110,750)

Jesse Marsch, midfielder ($105,105, $105,605)

Jim Curtin, defender ($105,000, $105,000)

C.J. Brown, defender ($96,500, $96,500)

John Thorrington, mdifielder ($60,000, $66,250)

Kell Gray, midfielder-forward ($45,289, $47,789)

Nate Jaqua, forward ($40,950, $43,450)

Logan Pause, midfielder ($$37,223, $39,723)

Chad Barrett, forward ($30,000, $37,500)

William John, midfielder-forward ($30,000, $37,500)

Jack Stewart, defender ($30,000, $37,500)

Craig Capano, midfielder ($31,256, $33,756)

Thiago Correa, midfielder ($30,000, $30,000)

Scott Buete, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Leonard Griffin, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Matt Pickens, goalkeeper ($16,500, $16,500)

Chris Rolfe, forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Will Johnston, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Jared Montz, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Gonzalo Segares, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Colorado Rapids

Pablo Mastroeni, midfielder-defender ($225,000, $243,000)

Jeffrey Cunningham, forward ($210,000, $225,651)

Joe Cannon, goalkeeper ($131,250, $131,250)

Mike Petke, defender ($100,000, $100,000)

Richard Kotschau, midfielder ($66,000, $66,750)

Kyle Beckerman, midfielder ($60,000, $63,750)

Jean Phillippe Peguero, forward ($60,000, $60,000)

Nate Borchers, midfielder ($52,000, $53,250)

Leo Cullen, defender ($48,000, $48,000)

Elain Nkong, midfielder ($48,000, $48,000)

Eric Denton, midfielder ($45,000, $45,000)

Ricky Lewis, defender ($38,325, $43,950)

Hunter Freeman, defender-midfielder ($30,000, $40,000)

Luchi Gonzalez, forward ($37,500, $37,500)

Wolde Harris, forward ($33,000, $34,250)

Byron Foss, goalkeeper ($33,000, $33,000)

Matt Crawford, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Guy Melamed, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Daniel Gargan, midfielder ($16,700, $16,700)

Amir Lowery, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Michael Cardenas, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Bouna Coundoul, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Josh Elbaum, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Sasha Gotsmanov, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Marcus Sagastume, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Eugene Sepuya, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Columbus Crew

Simon Elliott, midfielder ($126,788, $126,788)

Jonny Walker, goalkeeper ($105,000, $105,000)

Robin Fraser, defender ($100,000, $100,000)

Matt Jordan, goalkeeper ($99,780, $99,780)

Edson Buddle, forward ($92,500, $95,625)

Chad Marshall, defender ($67,500, $90,500)

Jonathan Busch, goalkeeper ($86,625, $86,625)

John Wolyniec, forward ($78,000, $78,000)

Kyle Martino, midfielder ($74,250, $76,750)

Duncan Oughton, defender ($72,500, $75,000)

Ross Paule, midfielder ($70,000, $75,000)

Cornell Glen, forward ($55,000, $62,000)

Chris Wingert, defender ($40,000, $47,500)

Danny Szetela, midfielder ($34,125, $39,750)

Stephen Herdsman, defender ($34,650, $34,650)

Devin Barclay, forward ($30,000, $31,250)

Mario Rodriguez, midfielder ($30,000, $30,000)

Mark Schulte, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Luis Gallardo, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Marcus Storey, midfielder-forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Knox Cameron, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Bill Gaudette, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Ryan Kelly, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Domenic Mediate, midfielder-forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Eric Vasquez, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

D.C. United

Freddy Adu, forward ($300,000, $550,000).

Ben Olsen, midfielder ($145,000, $165,000)

Cristian Gomez, midfielder ($156,000, $158,500)

Jaime Moreno, forward ($150,000, $157,750)

Steve Guppy, midfielder ($120,000, $120,000)

Santino Quaranta, forward ($110,000, $120,500)

Alecko Eskandarian, forward ($95,000, $115,000)

Nick Rimando, goalkeeper ($88,000, $94,000)

Bryan Namoff, defender ($75,000, $78,750)

Brandon Prideaux, defender ($69,300, $69,300)

Brian Carroll, midfielder ($43,575, $46,075)

John Wilson, defender ($33,000, $33,000)

David Stokes, defender ($29,768, $32,268)

Clyde Simms, midfielder ($30,000, $31,250)

Jason Thompson, forward ($29,768, $31,016)

Robert Boswell, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Joshua Gros, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Troy Perkins, goalkeeper ($28,000, $28,000)

Nick Van Sicklen, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Kenny Arena, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Tim Merritt, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Jamil Walker, midfielder-forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Nana Kuffour, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Shawn Kuykendall, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Matt Nickell, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Andrew Weber, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

F.C. Dallas

Eddie Johnson, forward ($750,000, $875,000)

Greg Vanney, defender ($216,667, $241,667)

Simo Valakari, midfielder ($171,000, $174,250)

Richard Mulrooney, midfielder ($156,000, $169,200)

Ronnie O'Brien, midfielder ($150,000, $158,750)

Steve Jolley, defender ($90,000, $92,500)

Ramon Nunez, midfielder ($60,000, $78,000)

Scott Garlick, goalkeeper ($70,000, $76,667)

Carlos Ruiz, forward ($40,000, $70,000)

Carey Talley, defender ($70,000, $70,000)

Oscar Pareja, midfielder ($67,400, $67,400)

Bobby Rhine, forward ($63,000, $63,750)

Roberto Mina, forward ($60,000, $60,000)

Chris Gbandi, defender ($55,000, $58,750)

Arturo Alvarez, forward ($29,768, $42,968)

Drew Moor, defender ($30,000, $42,500)

Jeff Cassar, goalkeeper ($45,980, $46,605)

Clarence Goodson, defender ($31,500, $36,500)

Ty Maurin, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Phil Salyer, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

David Wagenfuhr, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Alex Yi, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Aaron Pitchkoian, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Abe Thompson, forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Mario Torres, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Alex Woods, forward-midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Kansas City Wizards

Josh Wolff, forward ($350,000, $420,357/14)

Chris Klein, midfielder ($138,000, $145,250)

Diego Gutierrez, midfielder ($120,000, $126,500)

Kerry Zavagnin, midfielder ($120,000, $120,000)

Nick Garcia, defender ($105,000, $110,000)

Sasha Victorine, midfielder ($105,000, $107,500)

Jimmy Conrad, defender ($90,000, $93,750)

Davy Arnaud, midfielder ($62,500, $63,375)

Preki, midfielder ($50,000, $58,000)

Jose Burciaga, defender ($55,000, $57,500)

Shavar Thomas, defender ($43,705, $53,706)

Diego Walsh, midfielder ($41,081, $51,706)

Alex Zotinca, defender ($48,000, $48,000)

Bo Oshoniyi, goalkeeper ($45,000, $45,000)

Ryan Pore, forward ($30,000, $42,500)

Scott Sealy, forward ($30,000, $30,000)

William Hesmer, goalkeeper ($28,000, $28,000)

Khari Stephenson, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Jack Jewsbury, midfielder-forward ($28,000, $28,000)

Dustin Branan, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Justin Detter, forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Daniel Dobson, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Martin Hutton, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Doug Lascody, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Pat McGinnis, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

John Mingawa-Webster, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Ryan Raybould, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Brian Roberts, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Landon Donovan ($900,000, $900,000)

Jovan Kirovski ($175,000, $290,000)

Cobi Jones ($160,000, $190,000)

Chris Albright, defender ($97,500, $97,500)

Tyrone Marshall, defender ($90,000, $91,250)

Ednaldo Da Conceicao, forward ($85,000, $87,187)

Pablo Chinchilla, defender ($72,000, $86,800)

Quavas Kirk, forward ($50,000, $86,500)

Peter Vagenas, midfielder ($85,000, $85,625)

Paulo Nagamura, midfielder ($60,000, $65,000)

Todd Dunivant, defender ($49,350, $59,350)

Paul Broome, midfielder ($56,175, $56,800)

Joseph Ngwenya, forward ($36,750, $47,625)

Michael Umana, defender ($37,500, $46,626)

Michael Enfield, forward ($30,000, $40,000)

Steve Cronin, goalkeeper ($31,500, $39,000)

Josh Gardner, midfielder ($28,350, $35,850)

Ned Grabavoy, midfielder ($33,600, $41,100)

Guillermo Ramirez, midfielder ($28,000, $31,000)

Ugo Ihemelu, defender ($30,000, $30,000)

Mubarike Chisoni, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Herculez Gomez, forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Troy Roberts, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Benjamin Benditson, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Josh Saunders, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

MetroStars

Amado Guevera, midfielder ($240,000, $281,250)

Sergio Galvan Rey, forward ($216,660, $216,660)

Ante Razov, forward ($210,000, $213,750)

Jeff Agoos, defender ($160,000, $173,750)

Youri Djorkaeff, midfielder-forward ($180,000, $180,000)

Eddie Gaven, midfielder ($95,000, $118,000)

Ryan Suarez, defender ($65,000, $67,500)

Chris Leitch, defender ($50,000, $52,500)

Abbe Ibrahim, forward ($35,000, $47,500)

Mike Magee, midfielder-forward ($42,500, $43,750)

Tim Ward, defender ($30,000, $37,500)

* Mamadou Diallo, defender ($36,000, $37,500)

Jeff Parke, defender ($35,000, $36,250)

Carlos Mendes, defender ($35,000, $35,000)

Michael Bradley, midfielder ($28,350, $35,850)

Tim Regan, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Seth Stammler, defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Zach Wells ($28,000, $28,000)

Mike Ueltschey, goalkeeper ($16,500, $16,500)

Ramon Bailey, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Chris Corcoran, midfielder-defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Jason Hernandez, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

New England Revolution

Steve Ralston, midfielder ($150,000, $156,250)

Jose Cancela, midfielder ($151,250, $151,250)

Taylor Twellman, forward ($125,000, $131,666)

Shalrie Joseph, midfielder ($110,000, $120,000)

Jay Heaps, defender ($90,000, $93,750)

Matt Reis, goalkeeper ($90,000, $90,000)

Joey Franchino, defender ($81,110, $83,610)

Pat Noonan, forward ($64,969, $75,594)

Cassio Oliveira, midfielder ($60,000, $60,000)

Avery John, defender ($57,600, $58,350)

Clint Dempsey, midfielder ($47,250, $57,875)

Leonard Marshall, defender-midfielder ($47,500, $48,750)

Mike Parkhurst, defender ($30,000, $42,500)

Khano Smith, forward ($40,000, $40,000)

Edozien Connally, forward-midfielder ($36,000, $36,000)

* Felix Brillant, midfielder-forward ($28,000, $28,000)

Gilberto, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Andy Dorman, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

James Riley, defender-midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Doug Warren, goalkeeper ($28,000, $28,000)

Kyle Singer, goalkeeper ($16,500, $16,500)

Luke Vercollone, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Jamie Holmes, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Jeff Larentowicz, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Ryan Latham, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Marcos Romaneiro, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Thomas Tomasso, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Easton Wilson, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Real Salt Lake

Clint Mathis, midfielder-forward ($270,000, $410,000)

Eddie Pope, defender ($314,782, $378,948.66)

Jason Kreis, forward ($160,000, $197,500)

Andy Williams, midfielder ($95,000, $95,000)

D.J. Countess, goalkeeper ($90,000, $92,500)

Nikolas Besagno, midfielder ($50,000, $86,500)

Brian Kamler, midfielder-defender ($74,250, $85,500)

Chris Brown, midfielder-forward ($70,000, $72,500)

Rusty Pierce, defender ($70,000, $72,500)

Brian Dunseth, defender ($70,000, $70,625)

Dante Washington, ($60,000, $60,000)

Leighton O'Brien, midfielder ($48,000, $50,250)

Dipsy Selolwane, forward ($45,000, $45,625)

Seth Trembly. midfielder-defender ($40,000, $40,000)

Leslie Fitzpatrick, mifielder ($36,000, $36,000)

Jamie Watson, forward ($30,000, $35,000)

Nelson Akwari, defender ($28,000, $29,250)

Matt Behncke, midfielder-defender ($28,000, $28,000)

Luke Kreamalmeyer, midfielder ($28,000, $28,000)

Jeff Stewart, defender (28,000, $28,000)

Jordan Cila, forward-midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Kenny Cutler, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Jay Nolly, goalkeeper ($16,500, $16,500)

Sergio Flores, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Cameron Knowles, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Michael Lookingland, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Kevin Novak, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Noah Palmer, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

San Jose Earthquakes

Brian Ching, forward ($120,000, $133,000)

Wade Barrett, defender ($130,000, $130,000)

Mark Chung, midfielder ($124, $124,000)

Pat Onstad, goalkeeper ($119,350, $119,350)

Danny Califf, defender ($101,822, $101,822)

Dwayne DeRosario, forward ($95,000, $95,000)

Brian Mullan, midfielder-forward ($95,000, $95,000)

Troy Dayak, defender ($85,000, $86,250)

Ronaldo Cerritos, forward ($75,000, $81,250)

Brad Davis, midfielder ($66,000, $71,000)

Ian Russell, midfielder ($68,250, $69,500)

Craig Waibel, defender ($65,000, $65,000)

Ricardo Clark, midfielder ($51,975, $62,600)

Wes Hart, defender-midfielder ($50,000, $50,000)

Eddie Robinson, defender ($47,500, $48,125)

Jon Conway, goalkeeper ($45,000, $45,750)

Alejandro Moreno, forward ($35,000, $37,500)

Danny O'Rourke, midfielder ($30,000, $35,000)

Chris Aloisi, forward ($30,000, $30,000)

Tighe Dombrowski, midfielder ($16,500, $16,500)

Kevin Goldthwaite, defender ($16,500, $16,500)

Roger Levesque, forward ($16,500, $16,500)

Robby Fulton, goalkeeper ($11,700, $11,700)

Julian Nash, forward ($11,700, $11,700)

Orlando Ramirez, forward (11,700, $11,700)

Brett Rodriguez, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

James Twellman, defender ($11,700, $11,700)

Chris Wondolowski, midfielder ($11,700, $11,700)

Pool player

Clint Baumstark, goalkeeper ($28,000, $28,000)

* released by the team after June 8

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