2009 MLS Salaries
A list of 2009 Major League Soccer players' salaries, as released by the MLS Players Union. Information is as of March 2, and figures are rounded to the nearest dollar. The guarantee is the base salary plus a prorated share of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income under the player's contract, and it includes marketing bonuses payable in the current year and a prorated shared of any agent's fees during the term of the contract. Figures include compensation from MLS contracts and do not include any compensation from any contracts with individual teams or their affiliates:
CHICAGO FIRE
Player, Club 2009 Base Guarantee
Cuauhtemoc Blanco $2,769,240$2,943,702
Brian McBride 360,000 385,333
Justin Mapp 220,000 255,000
Wilman Conde 168,000 188,000
Patrick Nyarko 80,000 160,000
Bakary Soumare 105,000 138,000
Jon Busch 105,000 106,250
Chris Rolfe 95,550 100,250
Logan Pause 95,403 97,903
Baggio Husidic 55,000 97,000
C.J. Brown 91,200 96,000
Brandon Prideaux 75,600 75,600
Calen Carr 58,410 70,910
John Thorrington 63,000 64,875
Gonzalo Segares 61,520 64,020
Dasan Robinson 46,856 46,856
Marco Pappa 42,000 42,000
Daniel Woolard 34,000 34,000
Michael Banner 34,000 34,000
Nick Noble 34,000 34,000
Peter Lowry 20,100 20,100
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CHIVAS USA
Sacha Kljestan $170,000 $203,000
Jesse Marsch 165,000 174,375
Ante Razov 140,000 147,750
Alecko Eskandarian 135,850 143,391
Sasha Victorine 125,000 131,250
Carey Talley 110,250 110,250
Jim Curtin 109,204 109,204
Shavar Thomas 104,500 108,250
Ante Jazic 90,000 98,500
Paulo Nagamura 98,398 98,398
Jonathan Bornstein 90,000 90,000
Maykel Galindo 87,725 87,725
Atiba Harris 62,700 65,700
Zach Thornton 52,500 55,000
Dan Kennedy 50,000 50,000
Michael Lahoud 36,000 45,375
Lawson Vaughn 34,650 34,650
Bobby Burling 34,000 34,000
Jorge Flores 34,000 34,000
Justin Braun 34,000 34,000
Gerson Mayen 20,100 20,100
Lance Parker 20,100 20,100
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COLUMBUS CREW
Guillermo Barros Schelotto $650,000 $775,000
Chad Marshall 250,000 320,000
Pat Noonan 175,008 175,008
Frankie Hejduk 150,000 175,000
Gino Padula 150,000 175,000
Eddie Gaven 173,250 173,250
Emmanuel Ekpo 125,000 147,250
Brian Carroll 133,875 137,625
Alejandro Moreno 132,300 137,300
Danny O'Rourke 90,000 102,500
Robbie Rogers 92,500 92,500
Duncan Oughton 79,380 79,380
William Hesmer 77,000 77,000
Jason Garey 52,938 65,438
Andy I ro 45,100 62,600
Adam Moffat 48,000 48,000
Jed Zayner 39,930 47,430
Steven Lenhart 34,000 36,333
Andy Gruenebaum 34,650 34,650
Stanley Nyazamba 34,000 34,000
Cory Elenio 20,100 20,100
Kenny Schoeni 20,100 20,100
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COLORADO RAPIDS
Pablo Mastroeni $255,000 $300,500
Conor Casey 200,000 200,000
Terry Cooke 187,500 192,500
Ivan Guerrero 154,000 161,000
Ugo Ihemelu 140,000 140,000
Matt Pickens 125,000 127,500
Jacob Peterson 100,000 118,750
Mehdi Ballouchy 100,000 118,000
Cory Gibbs 110,000 117,143
Nico Colaluca 75,000 108,000
Ciaran O'Brien 70,000 103,750
Colin Clark 85,000 90,000
Omar Cummings 65,000 73,750
Nick LaBrocca 70,000 72,500
Preston Burpo 57,872 57,872
Kosuke Kimura 52,500 52,500
Jordan Harvey 50,000 51,250
Greg Dalby 34,650 34,650
Ty Harden 34,008 34,008
Stephen Keel 34,000 34,000
John DiRaimondo 20,100 20,100
Steward Ceus 20,100 20,100
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FC DALLAS
Jeffrey Cunningham $255,000 $267,500
Dave Van Den Bergh 210,000 227,000
Dario Sala 140,000 158,125
Pablo Ricchetti 145,200 151,825
Drew Moor 132,000 149,189
Andre Rocha 140,000 140,000
Marcelo Saragosa 120,000 124,286
Daniel Torres 100,000 110,000
Anthony Wallace 75,000 108,000
Kenny Cooper 105,000 108,000
Brek Shea 70,000 103,000
Eric Avila 70,000 103,000
Josh Lambo 70,000 103,000
Bruno Guarda 70,000 90,500
Peri Marosevic 55,000 88,000
Dax McCarty 55,605 68,105
Blake Wagner 50,930 63,430
Aaron Pitchkolan 50,000 51,250
Steven Purdy 40,000 40,000
Michael Dello-Russo 34,650 34,650
Ray Burse 34,650 34,650
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D.C. UNITED
Luciano Emilio $720,000 $758,857
Christian Gomez 385,000 430,000
Fred Carreiro 225,000 257,000
Jaime Moreno 250,000 250,000
Gonzalo Peralta 210,000 229,000
Ben Olsen 225,000 225,000
Louis Crayton 171,000 178,857
Clyde Simms 150,000 156,000
Bryan Namoff 100,000 105,000
Rodney Wallace 55,000 88,000
Francis Doe 80,000 80,000
Santino Quaranta 70,000 72,500
Chris Pontius 36,000 66,000
Marc Burch 60,000 62,500
Devon McTavish 50,000 52,500
Thabiso Khumalo 34,650 34,650
Andrew Jacobson 34,000 34,000
Greg Janicki 34,000 34,000
Ryan Miller 20,100 20,100
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HOUSTON DYNAMO
Ricardo Clark $248,050 $248,050
Brian Ching 242,550 242,550
Pat Onstad 181,650 181,650
Brian Mullan 171,000 180,313
Richard Mulrooney 165,375 165,375
Wade Barrett 154,000 156,500
Robert Boswell 150,000 150,000
Eddie Robinson 137,813 137,813
Brad Davis 132,300 132,300
Felix Garcia 65,000 99,000
Danny Cruz 55,000 98,000
Craig Waibel 77,009 77,009
Kei Kamara 55,385 65,385
Tally Hall 45,000 54,375
Julius James 42,350 51,100
Stuart Holden 34,729 34,729
Chris Wondolowski 34,650 34,650
Corey Ashe 34,650 34,650
Geoff Cameron 34,650 34,650
Michael Chabala 34,000 34,000
John-Michael Hayden 20,100 20,100
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KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
Davy Arnaud $220,000 $228,750
Jimmy Conrad 213,750 225,000
Josh Wolff 200,004 200,004
Claudio Lopez 180,000 180,000
Kevin Hartman 165,000 165,000
Jack Jewsbury 130,000 139,125
Chance Myers 70,000 130,000
Roger Espinoza 70,000 103,750
Michael Harrington 64,560 82,060
Abe Thompson 60,000 63,625
Herculez Gomez 54,408 54,408
Matt Besler 36,000 47,250
Aaron Hohlbein 34,650 34,650
Adam Cristman 34,650 34,650
Eric Kronberg 34,650 34,650
Kurt Morsink 34,650 34,650
Boris Pardo 34,000 34,000
Jonathan Leathers 34,000 34,000
Kevin Souter 34,000 34,000
Lance Watson 34,000 34,000
Matt Marquess 34,000 34,000
Michael Kraus 34,000 34,000
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LOS ANGELES GALAXY
David Beckham $5,500,000$6,500,000
Landon Donovan 900,000 900,000
Edson Buddle 169,950 179,950
Chris Klein 175,000 175,000
Eddie Lewis 160,008 165,722
Donovan Ricketts 150,000 150,000
Omar Gonzalez 65,000 142,000
Dema Kovalenko 130,000 137,619
Todd Dunivant 109,974 109,974
Israel Sesay 70,000 102,083
Tristan Bowen 65,000 96,364
Jovan Kirovski 80,000 80,000
Alan Gordon 79,754 79,754
Stefani Miglioranzi 70,000 79,500
Sean Franklin 64,350 76,850
Mike Magee 70,000 72,500
Josh Saunders 41,340 44,474
Josh Wicks 42,000 42,000
Leonard Griffin 37,000 39,500
AJ De La Garza 36,000 36,000
Julian Valentin 36,000 36,000
Bryan Jordan 34,000 34,000
Josh Tudela 34,000 34,000
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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Shalrie Joseph $425,000 $450,000
Taylor Twellman 395,000 420,000
Chris Albright 176,000 176,000
Matt Reis 173,344 173,344
Steve Ralston 150,000 150,000
Gabriel Badilla 138,000 138,000
Mauricio Castro 120,000 126,250
Jay Heaps 120,000 126,000
Amaechi Igwe 75,000 108,000
Kevin Alston 55,000 88,000
Rob Valentino 39,600 57,100
Argenis Fernandez 50,400 54,400
Abdoulie Mansally 34,650 34,650
Jeff Larentowicz 34,650 34,650
Mkhokheli Dube 34,650 34,650
Pat Phelan 34,650 34,650
Sainey Nyassi 34,650 34,650
Wells Thompson 34,650 34,650
Brad Knighton 34,000 34,000
Chris Tierney 34,000 34,000
Michael Videira 34,000 34,000
Zack Simmons 20,100 20,100
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NEW YORK RED BULLS
Juan Pablo Angel $1,500,000$1,798,000
Juan Pietravallo 205,000 205,000
Dane Richards 125,000 136,500
Jorge Rojas 120,000 130,000
Jon Conway 123,625 123,625
Khano Smith 120,000 120,000
Seth Stammler 118,000 118,000
Kevin Goldthwaite 102,000 111,000
Macoumba Kandji 70,000 90,988
Carlos Mendes 85,000 88,125
Jeremy Hall 55,000 88,000
Oscar Echeverry 84,000 84,000
Mike Petke 80,000 80,000
John Wolyniec 80,000 80,000
Andrew Boyens 49,550 52,050
Dominic Oduro 34,650 34,650
Sinisa Ubiparipovic 34,650 34,650
Daniel Cepero 34,000 34,000
Danleigh Borman 34,000 34,000
Luke Sassano 34,000 34,000
Matthew M'Buta 34,000 34,000
Terry Boss 34,000 34,000
Mike Palacio 20,100 20,100
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REAL SALT LAKE
Javier Morales $150,000 $200,000
Jamison Olave 157,500 172,500
Kyle Beckerman 160,650 163,150
Nat Borchers 130,000 137,500
Ian Joy 126,000 126,000
Nick Rimando 105,000 116,000
Clint Mathis 115,000 115,000
Chris Seitz 75,000 110,500
Anthony Beltran 70,000 105,500
Robbie Russell 97,584 103,335
Alex Nimo 70,000 103,000
Ned Grabavoy 100,000 100,000
Andy Williams 84,000 84,000
Chris Wingert 80,000 80,000
Robert Findley 60,060 72,560
Yura Movsisyan 60,583 70,584
Will Johnson 51,200 64,773
David Horst 34,000 34,000
Jean Alexandre 34,000 34,000
Kyle Reynish 34,000 34,000
Tino Nunez 34,000 34,000
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SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
Darren Huckerby $360,000 $385,000
Bobby Convey 222,000 244,500
Ramiro Corrales 190,000 202,500
Nick Garcia 190,000 198,750
Joe Cannon 180,500 190,756
Arturo Alvarez 174,750 184,088
Ryan Cochrane 145,000 146,250
Cam Weaver 64,980 73,230
Ryan Johnson 70,000 70,000
Pablo Campos 65,000 69,847
Chris Leitch 63,000 63,000
Eric Denton 57,960 57,960
Jason Hernandez 51,975 52,600
Kelly Gray 43,890 46,222
Andrew Weber 37,500 37,500
Davide Somma 37,500 37,500
Shea Salinas 36,300 36,300
Quincy Amarikwa 34,000 34,000
Jamil Roberts 20,100 20,100
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SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Fredrik Ljungberg $1,300,000$1,314,000
Kasey Keller 300,000 300,000
Nate Jaqua 189,996 208,121
Steve Zakuani 65,000 163,000
Tyrone Marshall 157,500 161,250
Peter Vagenas 158,400 158,400
Fredy Montero 155,000 155,000
Sabastian Le Toux 100,000 112,000
Nathan Sturgis 100,000 133,000
James Riley 69,000 72,625
Patrick Ianni 72,000 72,000
Taylor Graham 55,000 55,000
Chris Eylander 45,500 45,500
John Kennedy Hurtado 36,000 37,000
Jarrod Smith 37,800 37,800
Tyson Wahl 34,650 34,650
Stephen King 34,000 34,000
Sanna Nyassi 34,000 34,000
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TORONTO FC
Dwayne DeRosario 357,000 357,000
Amado Guevara 300,000 323,750
Carl Robinson 300,000 315,000
Pablo Vitti 288,000 303,000
Chad Barrett 195,000 202,500
Jim Brennan 185,000 193,250
Greg Sutton 157,500 165,063
Rohan Ricketts 165,000 165,000
Marvell Wynne 57,000 159,500
Adrian Serioux 119,070 131,570
Daniel Dichio 120,000 120,000
O'Brian White 36,000 113,000
Fuad Ibrahim 75,000 108,000
Stefan Frei 65,000 108,000
Sam Cronin 36,000 84,000
Kevin Harmse 79,200 79,200
Marco Velez 63,000 63,500
Johann Smith 45,000 56,667
Brian Edwards 39,600 48,350
Gabe Gala 34,000 34,000
Nana Attakora-Gyan 34,000 34,000
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POOL
Miguel Benitez 34,000 34,000
Bryant Rueckner 34,000 34,000
Christopher Sharpe 34,000 34,000