2009 MLS All-Star Player Salaries

GK Kasey Keller (SEA) - $300,000
GK Zach Thornton (CHI) - $55,000
DF Geoff Cameron (HOU) - $34,650
DF Wilman Conde (CHI) - $188,000
DF Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (SEA) - $37,000
DF Chad Marshall (CLB) - $320,000
DF Bakary Soumare (CHI) - $138,000
MF Davy Arnaud (KC) - $228,750
MF Kyle Beckerman (RSL) - $163,150
MF Cuauhtemoc Blanco (CHI) - $2,943,702
MF Brad Davis (HOU) - $132,300
MF Stuart Holden (HOU) - $34,728
MF Will Johnson (RSL) - $64,771
MF Freddie Ljungberg (SEA) - $1,314,000
MF Javier Morales (RSL) - $200,000
FW Conor Casey (COL) - $200,000
FW Landon Donovan (LA) - $900,000
FW Fredy Montero (SEA) - $155,000

(Guaranteed Compensation Numbers Used)


Combined All-Star Salary = $7,409,051
Average Annual Salary = $411,613

Combined All-Star Salary Without Blanco, Donovan, and Ljungberg (Designated Players): $2,251,349
Average Annual Salary: $150,089


Comparisons: According to a 2006 BBC article on player wages, Championship players in England earned an average salary of about $385,000, League One players $130,000, and League Two players earn $95,000.

That means that the average salary of the best players in MLS in 2009 falls somewhere between League One and Championship average salaries.

John Terry is/was reportedly being offered around $1.6 million a month to play for Manchester City. That would make Terry $400,000 a WEEK, which is around the average YEARLY salary of the best players in MLS. Funny money.....

The lowest paid all-star in the final 18 roster in 2008 was Jonathan Bornstein, with a salary of $77,500. This season 5 players on the final 18 make $65,000 or less. (Somebody give Stuart Holden a raise!!)



2008 MLS All-Star Salaries