The MLS players union has released payroll info today for the 2012 season. Here is how the Crew roster breaks down according to base salary: D Chad Marshall $310,000 MF Milovan Mirosevic $200,000 MF Eddie Gaven $190,000 GK William Hesmer $170,000 F Olman Vargas $170,000 D Sebastian Miranda $135,000 D Danny O’Rourke $133,100 F Emilio Renteria $132,000 MF Dilly Duka $110,000 D Nemanja Vukovic $108,000 MF Tony Tchani $105,000 D Carlos Mendes $103,084 D Chris Birchall $102,000 D Julius James $100,000 GK Andy Gruenebaum $78,000 F Ben Speas $58,000 F Aaron Horton $55,000 MF Rich Balchan $51,700 F Tommy Heinemann $47,250 F Justin Meram $46,200 MF Bernardo Anor $44,100 D Shaun Francis $44,100 MF Cole Grossman $44,100 D Josh Williams $44,100 F Ethan Finlay $44,000 D Eric Gehrig $44,000 GK Matt Lampson $44,000 D Korey Veeder $44,000 MF Kevan George $33,750 D Aubrey Perry $33,750 F Aaron Schoenfeld $33,750 MF Kirk Urso $33,750 by Adam Jardy Here's the link for the article http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/covering-the-crew/2012/05/salary-info.html
No worries. Just didn't want you to miss the little bit of discussion that's already been had on the topic.
Wasn't Tchani making 150k last year? Either way, we need to keep him because I wreck fools with him for some reason in FIFA 12 lol
Probably half of that is compensation for the scholarship he gave up. I don't know what out of state tuition is at Louisville but it's probably 20K or more. The rest would make him a lowly paid apprentice.
Too me it was Vukovic's salary that was intriguing to me, they must have not really expected Francis to work out.
If I remember correctly, Vukovic trained with the team during preseason but went home without reaching a deal. I think there were a few guys who came in as LB trialists and that was clearly a spot the team wanted more depth (after losing Gardner). He joined the team a few weeks into the season. I'm guessing the Crew wanted him as a starter at LB but couldn't come to terms with him until late March.