Friday, April 18, 2008

2008 MLS "Mini" Designated Players

These are the 2008 MLS players that have the highest annual salary outside of the league's Designated Players. (Not Including "Grandfathered" players, Landon Donovan and Carlos Ruiz.)


$430,000 - Christian Gomez (COL)
$400,000 - Duilio Davino (DAL)
$375,000 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto (CLB)
$350,008 - Taylor Twellman (NE)
$337,300 - Laurent Robert (TOR)
$330,000 - Carl Robinson (TOR)
$325,000 - Shalrie Joseph (NE)
$324,999 - Dwayne DeRosario (HOU)
$318,000 - Pablo Mastroeni (COL)
$313,125 - Luciano Emilio (DC)


These are the "Guaranteed Compensation" numbers.

For me, Carl Robinson is the most out of place player on that list. Many of these players have been league MVP's or are at least MVP caliber players. It remains to be seen if Laurent Robert and Duilio Davino will be worth their high salaries.

I thought Amado Guevara might make this list. He isn't listed in the salaries yet but this Soccer America article mentions he'll make about $250,000. If John Carver and Mo can keep him on track, Toronto seems to have made a great deal signing the former league MVP.

Just for the sake of comparison
Minimum salary in:
NHL $475,000
NBA $427,163
MLB $390,000
NFL $285,000


MLS Salaries taken from the MLS Players Union Website
Posted by Steve at 8:45 AM
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4 comments:

  1. That is interesting that NHL has the highest minimum salary. Seems like a crash and burn method to me.
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  2. I thought that too scads. Maybe it evens out at the high end of the pay scale.

    Highest paid in 2007:
    NHL: Jaromir Jagr $8 million
    NBA: Kevin Garnett $21 million
    MLB: Jason Giambi $23 million
    NFL: Michael Vick $23 million

    It's crazy to think that single players in the other major leagues are making nearly as much as all of the MLS players combined.

    Imagine the players an MLS team could buy with a $20 million dollar salary cap.
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  3. Vick still got paid despite his problems with the law? Awesome.
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  4. I'm doubt that Vick actually received that money, although I don't follow the NFL so I really have no idea. This is from CNN:

    -- Goodell said the Falcons could "assert any claims or remedies" to recover $22 million of Vick's signing bonus from the 10-year, $130 million contract he signed in 2004, according to The Associated Press. --
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