Easy Mac
01-12-2004, 02:14 PM
Take a look at the MLS players salaries... Some of these guys make peanuts. I know a couple of guys (Clint Dempsey and Riccardo Clark, 40K and 52K after reaching incentives), and they don't make too much for "professional"athletes. Granted, I'd take the money in a second after I get out of college, but for a proa athlete, its not that much money. Project-40
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Adu, Freddy $300,000 $500,000
Marshall, Chad $45,000 $68,000
Cochrane, Ryan $30,000 $45,000
Dempsey, Clint $30,000 $40,625
Pool
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Baumstark, Clint $24,000 $24,000
Chicago
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Armas, Chris $250,000 $325,000
Razov, Ante $300,000 $300,000
Beasley, DaMarcus $150,000 $153,000
Brown, C.J. $105,000 $106,250
Marsch, Jesse $100,100 $101,600
Whitfield, Evan $54,862 $55,487
Curtin, Jim $55,000 $55,000
Perez, Orlando $53,000 $53,750
Gray, Kelly $33,075 $35,575
Mapp, Justin $33,075 $35,575
Jaqua, Nate $31,500 $34,000
Pause, Logan $30,450 $32,950
Capano, Craig $29,767.50 $32,267.50
Ring, Henry $27,783 $27,783
Selolwane, Dipsy $26,460 $26,460
Ralph, Damani $25,200 $25,200
Spiteri, Curtis $24,000 $24,000
Colorado
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Spencer, John $311,272.50 $311,272.50
Powell, Darryl $229,999.92 $239,999.92
Mastroeni, Pablo $200,000 $203,750
Chung, Mark $160,000 $160,000
Henderson, Chris $147,000 $147,000
Roberts, Zizi $120,000 $145,000
Cannon, Joe $125,000 $125,000
Kotschau, Richard $60,000 $60,750
Carrieri, Chris $55,125 $55,125
Vallow, Scott $37,800 $37,800
Beckerman, Kyle $30,561 $31,811
Trembly, Seth $29,172 $30,422
Stewart, Jeff $26,460 $26,460
Kingsley, Zack $26,460 $26,460
Schmidt, Casey $25,200 $25,200
Crawford, Matt $25,200 $25,200
Borchers, Nat $24,000 $24,000
Foss, Bryan $15,000 $15,000
Columbus
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
McBride, Brian $341,250 $341,250
Cunningham, Jeff $175,000 $190,701
Hejduk, Frankie $165,000 $176,000
Maisonneuve, Brian $130,000 $130,000
Paule, Ross $90,000 $90,000
Clark, Mike $86,625 $86,625
Buddle, Edson $75,000 $78,125
Garcia, Freddy $69,300 $70,550
Martino, Kyle $67,500 $70,000
McCarty, Chad $66,150 $66,150
Walsh, Diego $34,125 $44,750
Busch, Jon $38,587.50 $38,587.50
Oughton, Duncan $31,256.40 $31,256.40
Akwari, Nelson $25,200 $26,450
Dallas
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Countess, D.J. $100,000 $128,000
Garlick, Scott $95,000 $120,000
Johnson, Ed $75,000 $86,250
O'Brien, Ronnie $60,000 $62,125
Rhine, Bobby $60,000 $60,750
Davis, Brad $50,600 $60,600
Gbandi, Chris $44,550 $59,550
Vaca, Joselito $50,190 $50,190
Thomas, Shavar $34,125 $44,125
Cassar, Jeff $37,800 $38,425
Thompson, Jason $28,350 $29,600
Curtis, Ali $28,980 $28,980
Stone, Jordan $26,460 $27,710
Glinton, Gavin $26,460 $26,460
Behncke, Matt $24,000 $24,000
D.C. United
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Stewart, Earnie $285,000 $285,000
Kovalenko, Dema $150,000 $176,000
Petke, Mike $135,000 $165,000
Cerritos, Ronald $147,000 $162,000
Olsen, Ben $135,000 $161,000
Convey, Bobby $140,000 $143,000
Reyes, Milton $108,900 $112,650
Quaranta, Santino $85,000 $95,000
Nelsen, Ryan $80,554 $90,554
Rimando, Nick $80,000 $86,000
Barclay, Devin $75,000 $83,916.66
Eskandarian, Alecko $60,000 $80,500
Prideaux, Brandon $66,550 $69,050
Quintanilla, Eliseo $54,000 $54,000
Carroll, Brian $31,500 $34,000
Martins, Thiago $32,500 $32,500
Stokes, David $28,350 $30,850
Alegria, Jose $27,783 $27,783
Namoff, Bryan $27,780 $27,780
Warren, Doug $25,200 $25,200
Kansas City
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Wolff, Josh $350,000 $418,571.43
Meola, Tony $250,000 $264,000
Preki $148,837.50 $148,837.50
Klein, Chris $132,000 $145,500
Gutierrez, Diego $107,992.50 $111,742.50
Harris, Wolde $92,400 $93,650
Garcia, Nick $79,413 $83,163
Zavagnin, Kerry $66,150 $66,900
Conrad, Jimmy $60,000 $63,125
Gomez, Francisco $52,250 $55,687.50
Zotinca, Alex $44,000 $44,000
Armstrong, Stephen $31,256 $31,256
Burciaga, Jose $27,783 $29,033
Arnaud, Davy $25,200 $25,200
Los Angeles
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Hong, Myung Bo $234,999.96 $289,999.96
Hartman, Kevin $140,000 $180,000
Elliott, Simon $120,750 $120,750
Califf, Danny $92,565 $95,065
Gonzalez, Guillermo $55,000 $79,500
Marshall, Tyrone $66,150 $66,150
Broome, Paul $53,500 $54,125
Victorine, Sasha $51,975 $53,850
Vagenas, Peter $49,612.50 $51,112.50
Ruiz, Carlos $30,000 $50,000
Lewis, Ricky $31,500 $37,125
Suarez, Ryan $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Moreno, Alejandro $26,460 $26,460
Popik, Dan $28,000 $28,000
Torres, Arturo $24,000 $24,000
MetroStars
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Pope, Eddie $286,165 $350,331.66
Guevara, Amado $225,000 $243,750
Walker, Jonny $100,000 $100,000
Gaven, Eddie $55,000 $78,000
Lisi, Mark $59,692 $69,692
Clark, Ricardo $42,000 $52,625
Bartolomeu, Edgar $40,000 $40,000
DiGiamarino, Joey $30,000 $30,000
Wolyniec, John $30,000 $30,000
Ziadie, Craig $27,783 $27,783
Leitch, Chris $26,460 $26,460
Magee, Mike $25,200 $26,450
LeBlanc, Jacob $25,200 $26,450
Addo, Joe $25,200 $25,200
Regan, Tim $25,200 $25,200
New England
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Moore, Joe-Max $260,000 $280,000
Ralston, Steve $190,000 $202,000
Brown, Adin $140,000 $145,833
Cancela, Jose $144,000 $144,000
Twellman, Taylor $108,600 $115,266
Llamosa, Carlos $115,000 $115,000
Franchino, Joe $79,860 $81,110
Noonan, Pat $39,375 $50,000
Pierce, Rusty $46,856.25 $48,522.91
Kante, Daouda $44,625 $45,875
Reis, Matt $38,205 $38,830
Moore, Jason $31,500 $31,500
Joseph, Shalrie $25,200 $25,200
Leonard, Marshall $24,000 $24,000
San Jose
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Donovan, Landon $280,000 $367,500
Mulrooney, Richard $150,000 $161,000
Dayak, Troy $100,000 $100,000
Onstad, Patrick $93,500 $93,500
DeRosario, Dwayne $69,457.50 $69,457.50
Corrales, Ramiro $69,457 $69,457
Russell, Ian $65,000 $66,250
Dunivant, Todd $42,000 $52,000
Faria, Rodrigo $47,250 $48,625
Robinson, Eddie $45,000 $45,625
Alvarez, Arturo $28,350 $41,550
Conway, Jon $40,000 $40,750
Mullan, Brian $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Waibel, Craig $33,571.65 $33,571.65
Levesque, Roger $28,350 $33,350
Ching, Brian $32,550 $32,550
Roner, Chris $25,200 $25,200
Walker, Jamil $24,000 $24,000
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Adu, Freddy $300,000 $500,000
Marshall, Chad $45,000 $68,000
Cochrane, Ryan $30,000 $45,000
Dempsey, Clint $30,000 $40,625
Pool
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Baumstark, Clint $24,000 $24,000
Chicago
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Armas, Chris $250,000 $325,000
Razov, Ante $300,000 $300,000
Beasley, DaMarcus $150,000 $153,000
Brown, C.J. $105,000 $106,250
Marsch, Jesse $100,100 $101,600
Whitfield, Evan $54,862 $55,487
Curtin, Jim $55,000 $55,000
Perez, Orlando $53,000 $53,750
Gray, Kelly $33,075 $35,575
Mapp, Justin $33,075 $35,575
Jaqua, Nate $31,500 $34,000
Pause, Logan $30,450 $32,950
Capano, Craig $29,767.50 $32,267.50
Ring, Henry $27,783 $27,783
Selolwane, Dipsy $26,460 $26,460
Ralph, Damani $25,200 $25,200
Spiteri, Curtis $24,000 $24,000
Colorado
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Spencer, John $311,272.50 $311,272.50
Powell, Darryl $229,999.92 $239,999.92
Mastroeni, Pablo $200,000 $203,750
Chung, Mark $160,000 $160,000
Henderson, Chris $147,000 $147,000
Roberts, Zizi $120,000 $145,000
Cannon, Joe $125,000 $125,000
Kotschau, Richard $60,000 $60,750
Carrieri, Chris $55,125 $55,125
Vallow, Scott $37,800 $37,800
Beckerman, Kyle $30,561 $31,811
Trembly, Seth $29,172 $30,422
Stewart, Jeff $26,460 $26,460
Kingsley, Zack $26,460 $26,460
Schmidt, Casey $25,200 $25,200
Crawford, Matt $25,200 $25,200
Borchers, Nat $24,000 $24,000
Foss, Bryan $15,000 $15,000
Columbus
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
McBride, Brian $341,250 $341,250
Cunningham, Jeff $175,000 $190,701
Hejduk, Frankie $165,000 $176,000
Maisonneuve, Brian $130,000 $130,000
Paule, Ross $90,000 $90,000
Clark, Mike $86,625 $86,625
Buddle, Edson $75,000 $78,125
Garcia, Freddy $69,300 $70,550
Martino, Kyle $67,500 $70,000
McCarty, Chad $66,150 $66,150
Walsh, Diego $34,125 $44,750
Busch, Jon $38,587.50 $38,587.50
Oughton, Duncan $31,256.40 $31,256.40
Akwari, Nelson $25,200 $26,450
Dallas
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Countess, D.J. $100,000 $128,000
Garlick, Scott $95,000 $120,000
Johnson, Ed $75,000 $86,250
O'Brien, Ronnie $60,000 $62,125
Rhine, Bobby $60,000 $60,750
Davis, Brad $50,600 $60,600
Gbandi, Chris $44,550 $59,550
Vaca, Joselito $50,190 $50,190
Thomas, Shavar $34,125 $44,125
Cassar, Jeff $37,800 $38,425
Thompson, Jason $28,350 $29,600
Curtis, Ali $28,980 $28,980
Stone, Jordan $26,460 $27,710
Glinton, Gavin $26,460 $26,460
Behncke, Matt $24,000 $24,000
D.C. United
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Stewart, Earnie $285,000 $285,000
Kovalenko, Dema $150,000 $176,000
Petke, Mike $135,000 $165,000
Cerritos, Ronald $147,000 $162,000
Olsen, Ben $135,000 $161,000
Convey, Bobby $140,000 $143,000
Reyes, Milton $108,900 $112,650
Quaranta, Santino $85,000 $95,000
Nelsen, Ryan $80,554 $90,554
Rimando, Nick $80,000 $86,000
Barclay, Devin $75,000 $83,916.66
Eskandarian, Alecko $60,000 $80,500
Prideaux, Brandon $66,550 $69,050
Quintanilla, Eliseo $54,000 $54,000
Carroll, Brian $31,500 $34,000
Martins, Thiago $32,500 $32,500
Stokes, David $28,350 $30,850
Alegria, Jose $27,783 $27,783
Namoff, Bryan $27,780 $27,780
Warren, Doug $25,200 $25,200
Kansas City
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Wolff, Josh $350,000 $418,571.43
Meola, Tony $250,000 $264,000
Preki $148,837.50 $148,837.50
Klein, Chris $132,000 $145,500
Gutierrez, Diego $107,992.50 $111,742.50
Harris, Wolde $92,400 $93,650
Garcia, Nick $79,413 $83,163
Zavagnin, Kerry $66,150 $66,900
Conrad, Jimmy $60,000 $63,125
Gomez, Francisco $52,250 $55,687.50
Zotinca, Alex $44,000 $44,000
Armstrong, Stephen $31,256 $31,256
Burciaga, Jose $27,783 $29,033
Arnaud, Davy $25,200 $25,200
Los Angeles
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Hong, Myung Bo $234,999.96 $289,999.96
Hartman, Kevin $140,000 $180,000
Elliott, Simon $120,750 $120,750
Califf, Danny $92,565 $95,065
Gonzalez, Guillermo $55,000 $79,500
Marshall, Tyrone $66,150 $66,150
Broome, Paul $53,500 $54,125
Victorine, Sasha $51,975 $53,850
Vagenas, Peter $49,612.50 $51,112.50
Ruiz, Carlos $30,000 $50,000
Lewis, Ricky $31,500 $37,125
Suarez, Ryan $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Moreno, Alejandro $26,460 $26,460
Popik, Dan $28,000 $28,000
Torres, Arturo $24,000 $24,000
MetroStars
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Pope, Eddie $286,165 $350,331.66
Guevara, Amado $225,000 $243,750
Walker, Jonny $100,000 $100,000
Gaven, Eddie $55,000 $78,000
Lisi, Mark $59,692 $69,692
Clark, Ricardo $42,000 $52,625
Bartolomeu, Edgar $40,000 $40,000
DiGiamarino, Joey $30,000 $30,000
Wolyniec, John $30,000 $30,000
Ziadie, Craig $27,783 $27,783
Leitch, Chris $26,460 $26,460
Magee, Mike $25,200 $26,450
LeBlanc, Jacob $25,200 $26,450
Addo, Joe $25,200 $25,200
Regan, Tim $25,200 $25,200
New England
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Moore, Joe-Max $260,000 $280,000
Ralston, Steve $190,000 $202,000
Brown, Adin $140,000 $145,833
Cancela, Jose $144,000 $144,000
Twellman, Taylor $108,600 $115,266
Llamosa, Carlos $115,000 $115,000
Franchino, Joe $79,860 $81,110
Noonan, Pat $39,375 $50,000
Pierce, Rusty $46,856.25 $48,522.91
Kante, Daouda $44,625 $45,875
Reis, Matt $38,205 $38,830
Moore, Jason $31,500 $31,500
Joseph, Shalrie $25,200 $25,200
Leonard, Marshall $24,000 $24,000
San Jose
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Donovan, Landon $280,000 $367,500
Mulrooney, Richard $150,000 $161,000
Dayak, Troy $100,000 $100,000
Onstad, Patrick $93,500 $93,500
DeRosario, Dwayne $69,457.50 $69,457.50
Corrales, Ramiro $69,457 $69,457
Russell, Ian $65,000 $66,250
Dunivant, Todd $42,000 $52,000
Faria, Rodrigo $47,250 $48,625
Robinson, Eddie $45,000 $45,625
Alvarez, Arturo $28,350 $41,550
Conway, Jon $40,000 $40,750
Mullan, Brian $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Waibel, Craig $33,571.65 $33,571.65
Levesque, Roger $28,350 $33,350
Ching, Brian $32,550 $32,550
Roner, Chris $25,200 $25,200
Walker, Jamil $24,000 $24,000