First of all it's "MLS" not "the MLS."Originally posted by Blanco150
Who's the best paid player in the MLS and how much does he make? Or is there a salary cap where everybody gets paid the same? Or how does the MLS work in regards to getting paid?
Minimum salary in MLS was $24,000 although now they're raising it to $28,000. Max salary is $500,000. The highest paid players in MLS:
1. Freddy Adu - $500,000 (excellent investment)
2. Josh Wolff - $418,571 (a bit overpaid)
3. Eddie Pope - $350,331 (needs contract re-negotiation)
4. Chris Armas - $325,000 (ditto)
5. Ante Razov - $300,000 (ditto)
6. Joe-Max Moore -$280,000 (hopefully this was the last year of his contract)
7. Tony Meola - $264,000 (should retire)
8. Amado Guevara - $243,750 (money well spent)
9. Pablo Mastroeni - $203,750 (ditto)
10. Steve Ralston - $202,000 (ditto)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/soccer/01/06/mls.salaries.sa/
The above list does not include players like Bo and Powell who will likely retire and were colossal wastes of money. It also does not include Sergio Galvan Rey who was signed after the salary figures were published, but I assume he probably broke the top 10. Kirovski might be in the top 10 now as well.