DC United player salaries

I find the business of soccer to be quite interesting. 

Each year, the MLS Players Association releases player salary information as a means of keeping pressure on the league to treat players fairly and to increase compensation.  The recent collective bargaining agreement reached between the centrally-managed MLS and the players was quite interesting.  The league went from giving players practically no guaranteed money and starting salaries of as little as $14,000/year to something much more in line with their economic value.  Still, you will be surprised by how little the players make the growing disparity between the American-born workhorses of the league and the high-priced foreign players.  Are we headed back to the days of NASL?  Who knows.

Here is DC United's spread.  The last columns, from left to right, are annual salary and 2010 guaranteed compensation.


DC Allsopp Danny F $ 1 80,000.00 $ 217,500.00
DC Barklage Brandon M-F $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Boskovic Branko M $ 3 80,000.00 $ 516,200.00
DC Burch Marc D $ 7 9,000.00 $ 81,500.00
DC Cristman Adam F $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Graye Jordan D $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Hamid Bill GK $ 4 0,000.00 $ 46,666.66
DC Hernandez Pablo F $ 2 40,000.00 $ 249,090.91
DC Jakovic Dejan D $ 1 47,600.00 $ 167,102.50
DC James Julius D $ 5 2,085.00 $ 61,460.00
DC King Stephen M $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC McTavish Devon D-M $ 7 0,000.00 $ 72,500.00
DC Moreno Jaime F $ 1 60,000.00 $ 185,000.00
DC Morsink Kurt M $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Najar Andy M-F $ 3 9,000.00 $ 58,995.83
DC Pena Juan D $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Perkins Troy GK $ 2 00,000.00 $ 205,000.00
DC Pontius Chris M-F $ 1 00,000.00 $ 100,000.00
DC Quaranta Santino M-F $ 1 05,000.00 $ 107,500.00
DC Quinn Andrew GK $ 4 0,008.00 $ 40,008.00
DC Rice Barry D $ 4 0,000.00 $ 40,000.00
DC Shanosky Conor D $ 3 1,250.04 $ 37,135.54
DC Simms Clyde M $ 1 65,000.00 $ 171,000.00
DC Talley Carey D $ 9 9,996.00 $ 99,996.00
DC Wallace Rodney M-D $ 7 5,000.00 $ 124,000.00
DC Zayner Jed D $ 5 7,000.00 $ 60,875.00


My commentary.  Overpaid: Alsopp, Burch, McTavish, Talley, Wallace.  Underpaid: Cristman, Pontius.  Jury is out: Pena, Hernandez, Boskovic, Perkins.

Check out Goff's blog for the full link to the salaries of players on all MLS teams.