how much do you get paid if make a MLS team on average?

Answer 1

Depends on you as a person, your skill and your ability to negotiate your contract. You will make in the low 6 figures on the average.

Answer 2

OK, let's talk some realities here: 1. MLS salaries are limited by the league's income, as well as a salary cap. You can't pay players huge amounts of money if you don't have it. Simple math. And the salary cap is a proven approach in US sports that assists in maintaining parity, which is sadly lacking in most other soccer leagues, especially the EPL, making it thoroughly predictable and boring. 2. What's Donovan's hair got to do with anything? Would you say the same about Bobby Charlton? 3. The Galaxy are paying only a tiny fraction of Beckham's overall package, and have earned it all back already. 4. And what does player ability being 65% mean? 65% of what? 5. The problem with poor playing surfaces is slowly going away thankfully, with soccer-specific stadia being built all around the league. 6. So what if team names are similar to existing team names? It's not like that hasn't been done all over the world already? Got a problem with the Arsenal in Argentina then? And besides, Red Bull NY is owned by Red Bull just like the Salzburg team is. 7. There is one true derby in MLS - Galaxy v. Chivas. There is a possibility of a second team in NY in a couple fo years as well. But local derbies are difficult in the US given the distances involved and the need to prtect teams' local rights under their franchise agreements. However, there is also Houston v. Dallas, and NY v. New England.

Answer 3

All MLS teams have a total squad cap of $2.3 million a year which they can pay their players with. David Beckham doesn't apply to this rule of course. $2.3 million a year for an entire squad is nothing compared to what European players rack up. Big stars such as Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Kaka, Christiano Ronaldo get on average four million pounds, or about eight million dollars, a year.

And that's excluding bonuses such as winning trophies and scoring a set amount of goals in a competition. And then of course there are endorsements, which can through even more millions onto that total. The MLS will never be able to compete with European leagues if they don't completely abolish their salary cap, only obvious for a player to go play for a team whose going to pay him the best.

Answer 4

MLS player salaries are limited by two factors: the team salary cap (expected to be $2.3 million for 2008), and the individual player cap ($400,000). There are two exceptions to these - the designated player rule, which currently excludes one player per team from the team cap. Current DPs are Beckham, Blanco, Angel, Reyna and Denilson. Additionally, four players whose salaries exceeded $400,000 at the institution of the individual cap were grandfathered in (Donovan, Ruiz, Johnson and Mathis). Any calculation of MLS salaries has to take these nine players into account.

Excluding them, the average base salary in MLS per the list referred to by playmaker is $68,804. Total guaranteed compensation averages $73,915. Not bad in most places, but it's not going to make you rich.

It gets worse - the median salary, the amount at the midpoint of the salary scale, is $45,000 ($50,000 total compensation). And even more, the mode (most common salary) is a lousy $12,900 (with no guaranteed bonus).

Good news - the team with the highest average income ($98,296) is Toronto. Since they're the weakest team in the league, they should be the easiest team to get a decent contract with!
Bad news - the team with the highest average income is Toronto. Not only do you get socked with the exchange rate, but Toronto has a horrifically high cost of living.

Good news - the team with the highest average base salary is Houston ($87,039). Houston is a relatively low-cost city to live in.
Bad news - the team with the highest average base salary is Houston. Since they're the repeat MLS Cup winners, they should be the hardest team to get any kind of contract with! Even without Rory Cochrane.

Answer 5

Not alot some player at LA Galaxy for example earn about $900 a week, generally there quite low, apart from a star player who earns more eg. Mr Beckham

Answer 6

wizzards...MLS-major league soccer!! yeah it depends on ur skills, starting salary about 100,000

Answer 7

Roughly $400,000 a year on average, i'd guess

Answer 8

This should give you an idea:

http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/8_31_07_salary_info_club.pdf

Answer 9

Too much. Especially for all of the illegals who play in baseball. Most of them aren't permanent citizens of the U.S..