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Jose Romero covers Seattle Sounders FC for The Seattle Times. Watch for his coverage as the club plays its first season in Major League Soccer.

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November 30, 2008 7:22 PM

Salary info

Posted by Jose Romero

Some of you might wonder how much a Major League Soccer player is paid. The short answer is not much, relative to other U.S. pro sports leagues.

A lot of MLS guys don't crack even $100,000 a year. The 2008 average was about $130,000. The highest-paid MLS player in 2008 was David Beckham of the Los Angeles Galaxy at $6.5 million, but his salary is unique as a designated player.

For Sounders FC in 2008, MF Sebastien Le Toux made $96,000 in guaranteed money, according to information from the league, and MF Sanna Nyassi, who became the third player to sign with Seattle, made the senior roster player minimum of $33,000. Both played for the USL Sounders but were on loan as players under contract to Sounders FC.

Here's a look at the 10 players the club selected in the expansion draft and the guaranteed money the received in 2008:

Nate Jaqua $174,125
Peter Vagenas $144,000
Nathan Sturgis $108,000
Jeff Parke $58,737.50
Khano Smith $46,305
Jarrod Smith $36,000
James Riley $33,000
Tyson Wahl $33,000
Brad Evans $33,000
Stephen King $17,700 (developmental player salary)

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That's pretty crazy! Several of those guys making just $33,000 a year and several of our top picks in the expansion draft not even making... Posted on November 30, 2008 at 11:39 PM by eatond. Jump to comment

Seattle's going have to give out-of-contract (if I'm not mistaken) Parke a substabtial raise or he'll be off to Europe for a bigger... Posted on December 1, 2008 at 3:35 AM by seattleMLS. Jump to comment

We have a developmental player named Stephen King? I find that . . . "scary". Posted on December 1, 2008 at 3:15 PM by Shooting Treys. Jump to comment

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