NEW YORK — Chicago Fire midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri remained Major League Soccer’s highest-paid participant this yr, and the league’s common wage rose 3.1% to $473,292.
Toronto surpassed Atlanta because the group with the best payroll at $25.7 million adopted by the LA Galaxy at $23.5 million, based on figures launched Tuesday by the MLS Players Association.
Montreal was the bottom of the 29 groups at $10.5 million, simply behind growth franchise St. Louis at $10.9 million. The New York Red Bulls and Orlando have been at about $11.2 million.
Shaqiri, who joined the Fire forward of the 2022 season, has a $7.35 million base wage this yr and $8,153,000 in complete compensation, which features a prorated share of a signing bonus and different assured cash not attributable to a selected yr.
Toronto ahead Lorenzo Insigne is second at $7.5 million. He was listed at $14 million final season, when he joined Toronto from Napoli at midseason. He was paid $1,166,667 per 30 days from the ultimate six months of final yr, which the union annualized in its late-season replace in 2022. This yr, he’s getting $625,000 per 30 days.
The total common rose 21.9% final yr following the pandemic to $458,858, the union mentioned, following a 2.8% improve in 2021. The common is up 27% from 2019’s $372,551.
In all, league payrolls totaled just below $460 million, up 17% from $394 million in the beginning of final season.
Toronto boosted spending by $10 million, D.C. by greater than $7.5 million and Houston by almost $6 million.
LA Galaxy ahead Javier Hernández was third at $7,443,750 in complete compensation, adopted by Toronto ahead Federico Bernardeschi ($6,295,381), Austin midfielder Sebastián Driussi ($6,022,500), Houston midfielder Héctor Herrera ($5,246,875), LA Galaxy ahead Douglas Costa ($4,508,333), Atlanta ahead Luiz Araújo ($4,483,333), D.C. ahead Cristian Benteke ($4,432,778) and Miami ahead Josef Martínez ($4,391,667).
Right behind have been Columbus midfielder Lucas Zelarayán ($3.8 million), New England midfielder Carles Gil ($3,545,833), Miami midfielder Rodolfo Pizzaro ($3.35 million), Los Angeles midfielder Carlos Vela ($3,337,500), Seattle midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro ($3,256,667), Seattle ahead Raúl Ruidíaz ($3,201,120) and Nashville midfielder Hany Mukhtar, the league’s reigning MVP ($3,188,750).
The highest-paid defender is New York City’s Thiago Martins ($2,112,000) and the highest-paid goalkeeper is St. Louis’ Roman Bürki ($1,632,469).
There are 112 gamers at $1 million or extra in complete compensation, up from 93 in the beginning of final season, and 290 at $500,000 or larger, and improve from 242.
Among the MLS gamers on the U.S. World Cup roster, Nashville defender Walker Zimmerman led at $2,056,979 in total compensation, adopted by Dallas ahead Jesús Ferreira ($1,852,000), Seattle ahead Jordan Morris ($1.56 million), Seattle midfielder Cristian Roldan ($1,441,000), Los Angeles midfielder Kellyn Acosta ($1,365,000), Los Angeles defender Aaron Long ($1,243,056), Miami defender DeAndre Yedlin ($873,750), Nashville defender Shaq Moore ($806,500) and Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson ($683,013).
Atlanta defender Miles Robinson, who missed the event with a torn Achilles, was at $1,437,500 total. Among those that didn’t make the roster have been Dallas ahead Paul Arriola ($1,729,400), Dallas midfielder Sebastian Lletget ($1,066,250) and Cincinnati ahead Brandon Vazquez ($1,041,000).
MLS’s minimal wage for the primary 24 gamers on every group’s roster rose to $85,444 from $84,000 and the reserve minimal for gamers in slots 25-28 elevated to $67,360 from $65,500.
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