Sounders FC salary list
Basically just retooling the list at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2015002123_sounders_fc_player_salaries_fo.html, its the top salaries to the lowest.
Fredy Montero $500,000
Alvaro Fernandez $300,000
Kasey Keller $250,000
Nate Jaqua $200,000
Osvaldo Alonso $140,000
Jeff Parke $136,500
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado $135,000
Brad Evans $126,500
Erik Friberg $110,000
Leonardo Gonzalez $110,000
O’Brien White $100,000
Pat Noonan $96,000
James Riley $92,000
Steve Zakuani $90,000
Patrick Ianni $85,050
Taylor Graham $60,638
Michael Tetteh $60,000
Tyson Wahl $51,870
Zach Scott $44,109
Roger Levesque $44,000
Terry Boss $42,000
Michael Fucito $42,000
Michael Seamon $42,000
Mauro Rosales $42,000
Servando Carrasco $32,604
David Estrada $32,604
Joshua Ford $32,604
Miguel Montano $32,604
Lamar Neagle $32,604
Minimum salary in the MLS is $32,000.
The “average wage” in America is roughly $40,000, and just doing some quick research people think it takes anywhere from $30,000-$50,000 to live without troubles in the US. Using that logic, 10-12 players are under that “comfortable minimum” or whatever you call that magic number to live without financial trouble. So, while the MLS isn’t the millions of dollars that other leagues are made of, about 2/3 of the Sounders IT APPEARS can rely on their base salaries (this isn’t adding in incentives) and not have to take a second job to live without financial trouble. I wish to know how many of the players are forced to take a job or have some sort of financial help, but it appears as though most players can play professional soccer in America without financial trouble.
This is just my guess as a stupid teenager with no financial knowledge by the way, so don’t necessarily base everything in the world on this post.
