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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Karl[/i] [br]Scaly MLS union reveals salaries Adu tops money list; Cobi Jones, Agoos out Wednesday, January 07, 2004, 7:05:49 AM IP:63.65.169.39 MLS union reveals salaries Adu tops money list; Cobi Jones, Agoos out of contract Posted: Tuesday January 6, 2004 6:08PM; Updated: Tuesday January 6, 2004 6:08PM Subscribe to Soccer America Magazine, the biweekly bible of soccer fans! Get hot news, scores and fan-chat at SoccerAmerica.com By Ridge Mahoney, Soccer America A list of MLS player compensation figures for 2004 being circulated by the Major League Soccer Players Union and obtained by Soccer America lists Freddy Adu as the highest paid player at $500,000 in 2004, although his base salary is listed at $300,000. The $500,000 figure includes guaranteed bonuses and other forms of compensation such as loyalty bonuses, marketing bonuses, car/housing allowances, etc. It does not include performance bonuses. This is the first time an extensive list of MLS player salaries has been published. The top salary is $350,000 for Kansas City forward Josh Wolff, closely followed by Columbus striker Brian McBride at $341,250. Rounding out the top five in salary, in order, are John Spencer of Colorado ($311,272.50) and Ante Razov of Chicago ($300,000) and Adu. These numbers are not the same as those calculated by the clubs for salary-cap purposes. Salary-cap figures are topped by a $280,000 maximum and include achievable bonuses as well as surcharges tacked on for licensing agreements. Behind Adu on the guaranteed list are Wolff ($418,571.43), Landon Donovan of San Jose ($367,500), Eddie Pope of the MetroStars ($350,331.66), and McBride ($341,250). According to the list, 16 players top $200,000 in guaranteed compensation, including these who might be considered overpaid: Earnie Stewart of D.C. United ($285,000 in salary and guaranteed compensation), Hong Myung Bo of Los Angeles ($234,999.96/$289,999.96), and Darryl Powell of Colorado ($229,999.92 $239,999.92). On the bottom end of the scale, more than 80 players earn less than $50,000 in salary, including Los Angles forward Carlos Ruiz, the league's 2002 MVP. Ruiz is listed on a base salary of $30,000 and has a contract guaranteed for $50,000. Those figures do not include any sums paid by Municipal, his former club, to retain a share of his rights. If Ruiz is transferred, Municipal would receive a share of the transfer fee. The list includes players whose options were picked up or had signed MLS contracts as of Dec. 31. Cobi Jones, Jason Kreis and Jeff Agoos head a list of high-salaried players whose options were not been picked up as a prelude to MLS offering them contracts at a much lower salary. Other players, such as Alexi Lalas, Ezra Hendrickson, Chad Deering, Jaime Moreno and Oscar Pareja, have not been renewed and may not be offered new deals at all. MLS had a Dec. 31 deadline to tender those offers; otherwise, players become free agents, although under the MLS single-entity system they are not free to negotiate new deals within MLS. Only if they go abroad are they free agents as the term is commonly used. Kreis has reportedly been offered a new deal at about $150,000 per year. Jones has been asked to take a sharp cut from the reported $350,000-$400,000 he has earned since signing a deal with MLS several seasons ago. Agoos, too, has been offered considerably less than the reported $260,000 he earned last year. The list of 2004 player salaries does not include players such as Lalas, Agoos, Kreis, etc. who as of Dec. 31 had not come to terms. Also not on the list are players whose MLS contracts have expired, as per Brian West, Clint Mathis and Carlos Bocanegra. Ridge Mahoney is a senior editor at Soccer America magazine. 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 *Guaranteed compensation includes a player's base salary and all guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player's contract, including option years. For example, if a player has a base salary of $50,000 for 2004, has a two-year contract with two one-year options and received a $10,000 bonus when he signed, his annualized guaranteed salary would be $52,500 (base salary plus signing bonus ($10,000) divided by number of years covered by the contract (4)). Guaranteed compensation also includes any loyalty bonus, annual marketing bonus and car/housing allowance to be received in 2004 and any agent's fees annualized over the term of the contract. Guaranteed compensation does not include performance bonuses because there is no guarantee that the player will hit those bonuses. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.