Carlos Vela is MLS’s highest paid participant at $6.3 million

LA Galaxy attacker Carlos Vela is Major League Soccer’s highest paid participant this season, with $6.3 million in complete compensation, together with $4.5 million in wage.
Teammate Javier “Chicharito” Hernández is second at $6 million, all of it wage, in keeping with figures launched Thursday by the Major League Soccer Players Association.
Vela was restricted to seven video games throughout the pandemic-shortened 2020 season resulting from a knee damage.
Miami ahead Gonzalo Higuaín is third, with $5,793,750 compensation, together with $5.1 million base wage, adopted by Toronto midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo at $4,693,000, together with $3.8 million base wage.
No listing was launched for 2020 amid the pandemic.
LA Galaxy ahead Zlatan Ibrahimovic set a MLS excessive with $7.2 million in 2019, then signed with AC Milan.
The union stated the typical base wage for senior roster gamers, not together with designated gamers who depend solely partly beneath a workforce’s wage cap, is $398,725. That was up from $345,867 in 2019 and $138,140 in 2014.
Columbus ahead Gyasi Zardes leads U.S. nationwide workforce regulars at $1.4 million general, together with $1.35 million wage. He is adopted by Colorado midfielder Kellyn Acosta ($1,115,000, $1 million), D.C. midfielder Paul Arriola ($1.05 million, $1 million), Nashville defender Walker Zimmerman ($981,050, $925,000), LA midfielder Sebastian Lletget ($923,750, $800,000), Atlanta defender Miles Robinson ($687,500, $650,000), Seattle midfielder Christian Roldan ($881,542, $760,000), New York Red Bulls defender Aaron Long ($925,000, $825,000), San Jose midfielder Jackson Yueill ($636,875, $600,000) and Colorado defender Sam Vines ($487,677, $425,000).
Orlando ahead Daryl Dike, who went on mortgage to Barnsley in January, is at $128,750 general, together with $100,000 wage. Seattle ahead Jordan Morris, sidelined by a torn ACL, is at $1,270,100 general, together with $1.15 million wage.
Others of be aware embrace Atlanta ahead Josef Martinez ($3,891,6567, $3.5 million), New York City midfielder Maxi Moralez ($3,825,000, $2.5 million), Toronto ahead Jozy Altidore ($3,602,250, $2,161,250), Miami ahead Rodolfo Pizzaro ($3.35 million, $3.05 million), Montreal midfielder Victor Wanyama ($3,091,667, $2.4 million), Chicago ahead Robert Beric ($2,703,164, $2,274,996), Orlando ahead Nani ($2,486,250, $2,333,333), Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta ($2,222,854, $1,943,500), LA midfielder Jonathan dos Santos ($2 million general and wage), Columbus midfielder Darlington Nagbe ($1.71 million general and wage), Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley ($1.5 million general and wage) and Miami midfielder Blaise Matuidi ($1.5 million general and wage).