Every year MLS goes to great lengths to not reveal salary information and every year the MLS player's union releases it anyways.
Here are the breakdowns for Toronto and Vancouver.
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The first number represents their base salary and the second their guaranteed compensation.
Toronto
Attakora-Gyan Nana D $ 45,000.00 $ 45,000.00
Borman Danleigh M $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Bouchiba Elbekay M $ 92,004.00 $ 92,004.00
Cann Adrian D $ 123,996.00 $ 132,746.00
Cordon Oscar M $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00
de Guzman Julian M $ 1,863,996.00 $ 1,910,746.00
Eckersley Richard D $ 75,000.00 $ 90,000.00
Frei Stefan GK $ 100,000.00 $ 155,000.00
Gargan Daniel M $ 70,000.00 $ 70,000.00
Gold Matt M $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Gordon Alan F $ 96,504.00 $ 96,504.00
Harden Ty D $ 65,000.00 $ 73,666.67
Henry Doneil D $ 42,000.00 $ 43,000.00
Kocic Milos GK $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Lindsay Nicholas F $ 42,000.00 $ 43,000.00
Makubuya Keith F $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00
Martina Javier F $ 89,460.00 $ 96,140.75
Morgan Ashtone D $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00
Omphroy Demitrius D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Peterson Jacob F $ 142,500.00 $ 150,775.00
Plata Joao F $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Santos Maicon F $ 126,000.00 $ 126,000.00
Soolsma Nick M-F $ 86,004.00 $ 86,004.00
Stevanovic Alen M $ 240,000.00 $ 250,000.00
Stinson Matthew M $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00
Sturgis Nathan D-M $ 85,000.00 $ 89,250.00
Tchani Tony M $ 90,000.00 $ 194,000.00
Williams Dicoy D $ 50,004.00 $ 50,004.00
Yourassowsky Mikael D $ 80,004.00 $ 81,670.67
Zavarise Gianluca M $ 42,000.00 $ 46,517.75
A couple of the things that stand out:
- Dan Gargan got approximately a $30,000 raise in the off-season.
- Tony Tchani is making decent coin but as a GA his larger than normal salary doesn't count against the cap.
- DeGuzman is nearly at $2 million now.
- Nana Attakora is making only slightly more than Nicholas Lindsay - the kid who put himself on the shelf this winter in a snowmobile accident. As the lowest paid starting defender, it's safe to assume he'll be getting a sizable raise. How much? Probably less than Cann (a Mo era contract) and more than Gargan.
Vancouver
Akloul Mouloud D $ 150,000.00 $ 150,000.00
Boxall Michael D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Brovsky Jeb M $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Cannon Joe GK $ 199,500.00 $ 209,756.25
Chiumiento Davide M/F $ 280,000.00 $ 280,000.00
Davies Philippe M $ 32,600.00 $ 32,600.00
Demerit Jay D $ 300,000.00 $ 350,000.00
Duckett Bilal D $ 32,600.00 $ 32,600.00
Dunfield Terry M $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00
Harmse Kevin D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Harris Atiba M-F $ 77,590.00 $ 80,590.00
Hassli Eric F $ 660,000.00 $ 900,000.00
Janicki Greg D $ 45,000.00 $ 45,000.00
Khalfan Nizar M $ 60,000.00 $ 61,250.00
Knight Wes M/D $ 50,000.00 $ 50,000.00
Koffie Gershon M $ 75,000.00 $ 79,764.38
Leathers Jonathan D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
Morfaw Alexandre M $ 90,000.00 $ 90,000.00
Nanchoff Michael M $ 60,000.00 $ 95,000.00
Nolly Jay GK $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00
Rochat Alain D $ 150,000.00 $ 150,000.00
Salgado Omar F $ 80,000.00 $ 121,868.67
Salinas Shea M $ 44,000.00 $ 44,000.00
Sanvezzo Camilo F $ 127,920.00 $ 130,420.00
Sylvestre Brian GK $ 32,600.04 $ 32,600.04
Tan Long F $ 32,600.04 $ 32,600.04
Teibert Russell M $ 50,004.00 $ 55,604.00
Thorrington John M $ 194,700.00 $ 207,200.00
Wagner Blake D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00
A couple of the things that stand out:
- Vancouver's starting keeper Jay Nolly makes $134,000 less than backup Joe Cannon. I'm not sure that's worth the value shooting him out of a cannon...
- Vice-Captain Terry Dunfield is making only $5,000 more than Michael Nanchoff.
What do you think? Who is making too much? Not enough?