St. 亚洲无码 City SC鈥檚 midseason struggles not only brought significant changes to the team鈥檚 roster, but also to the team鈥檚 salary structure.
After having the lowest payroll in the league at the start of the season, City SC has jumped from 29th to 21st according to figures released Thursday by the MLS Players Association. The club鈥檚 total salary increased from $12,015,851 to $15,484,335, an increase of $3,468,484. That was the fourth-largest increase in the league between the MLSPA鈥檚 spring report and its fall report, which was based on figures as of Sept. 13.
MLS teams with the largest increase in payroll
Club | Fall | spring | Difference fall to spring |
---|---|---|---|
LAFC | $22,085,924.00 | $15,903,820.00 | $6,182,104.00 |
LA Galaxy | $21,962,879.00 | $17,931,232.00 | $4,031,647.00 |
Houston Dynamo | $20,515,359.00 | $16,768,222.00 | $3,747,137.00 |
St. 亚洲无码 City SC | $15,484,335.00 | $12,015,851.00 | $3,468,484.00 |
FC Cincinnati | $20,950,009.00 | $17,947,084.00 | $3,002,925.00 |
Real Salt Lake | $16,066,481.00 | $13,604,922.00 | $2,461,559.00 |
Orlando City SC | $17,493,932.00 | $15,066,500.00 | $2,427,432.00 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | $17,414,357.00 | $15,203,269.00 | $2,211,088.00 |
Columbus Crew | $16,586,339.00 | $15,186,365.00 | $1,399,974.00 |
San Jose Earthquakes | $14,634,037.00 | $13,628,412.00 | $1,005,625.00 |
Much of the increase was from the signing of one player, Marcel Hartel, who is the club鈥檚 first player to surpass $2 million in annualized guaranteed compensation. Hartel鈥檚 base salary is $1,797,600, but with signing bonuses comes to $2,183,113. Previously, the highest paid player on the club was goalkeeper Roman Burki at $1,657,469.
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Still, while Hartel may be highly paid by City SC鈥檚 standards, he stands 42nd in the league in salary. City SC has gotten good results for the price. Hartel played in nine games and had three goals and seven assists.
One of the club鈥檚 other new players, Cedric Teuchert, also makes over $1 million, checking in at $1,092,500. Three of the team鈥檚 seven highest-paid players joined the team in the summer transfer window.
City SC needed help. The team, beset by injuries at midseason, failed to make the playoffs in its second season and finished 24th overall out of 29 teams. The team finished strongly after its summer acquisitions arrived, but by then the hole was too deep for City SC to get out of.
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel has always preferred the summer transfer window, which falls when European teams are between seasons, to the winter window, feeling better and cheaper players are available. City SC brought in more new players in the summer than any other club. His splurge jumped City SC past Charlotte, Portland, Atlanta, Minnesota, San Jose, Colorado, Philadelphia and Montreal in the payroll rankings.
In addition to signing Hartel and Teuchert from Germany, City SC acquired Jannes Horn ($324,667) and Simon Becher ($159,273) on loans, signed Jake Girdwood-Reich ($304,977) and acquired Henry Kessler ($1,033,333) in a trade for Tim Parker. The club also signed three players from City2, Jayden Reid, Michael Wentzel and John Klein. Reid and Wentzel make $71,401 each and Klein, whose option for next season was not picked up, made $89,716.
鈥淚 think for me, it was very important that we have to have this reaction in the summer,鈥 Pfannenstiel said Wednesday about the team鈥檚 summer overhaul. 鈥淥ther teams normally have their big changes in January. We completely restructured our squad. We rebuilt the squad. We were forced into it because of injuries and certain changes. And I think it saves us a lot of trouble and a lot of thought for January, when we come again into a transfer window where you cannot just pick players for free from the European market, where you tend to overpay for players, where you tend to not get the top players on the list. So I think we were pretty fortunate to go shopping, that (owner) Carolyn (Kindle) actually let me go shopping the last transfer window, which means now for me, in the winter or in January, that we just have to work on smaller details, not on the big restructure like we did this summer.鈥
Inter Miami, home of the league鈥檚 highest paid player, Lionel Messi, remains by far the league鈥檚 highest-salaried team at $41,708,260, followed by Toronto ($31,808,632), Los Angeles FC ($22,085,924), Los Angeles Galaxy ($21,962,879) and Nashville (21,864,490). City SC鈥檚 cross-state-plus rival Sporting Kansas City, is three spots ahead of City SC at $16,313,140.
At $20,446,667, Messi鈥檚 annual guaranteed compensation is higher than all but two teams, Miami and Toronto. The league鈥檚 second-highest paid player, Lorenzo Insigne, plays for Toronto. His salary of $15,480,000 is $4,000 less than City SC鈥檚 total payroll.
While the league has a salary cap of $5,470,000, teams are allowed to exceed the maximum player salary of $683,750 for three players and it is those 鈥渄esignated players,鈥 as they鈥檙e called, that account for the range of payroll numbers.
Payroll, however, is not always a guarantee of success in MLS. Six of the eight teams with lower payrolls than City SC made the playoffs, while two of the five highest payrolls, Toronto and Nashville, didn鈥檛 make the playoffs.
St. 亚洲无码 City SC payroll, Fall 2024
Last name | Guaranteed compensation |
---|---|
Hartel | $2,183,113 |
叠眉谤办颈 | $1,657,469 |
Klauss de Mello | $1,370,284 |
尝枚飞别苍 | $1,344,250 |
Nilsson | $1,203,500 |
Teuchert | $1,092,500 |
Kessler | $1,033,333 |
翱蝉迟谤谩办 | $801,000 |
Durkin | $495,000 |
Blom | $392,250 |
Pidro | $374,375 |
Alm | $329,925 |
Horn | $324,667 |
Totland | $314,763 |
Girdwood-Reich | $304,977 |
Vassilev | $301,750 |
Nerwinski | $277,500 |
罢丑贸谤颈蝉蝉辞苍 | $202,438 |
Pompeu | $198,989 |
Hiebert | $188,996 |
Becher | $159,273 |
Lundt | $137,833 |
Yaro | $109,216 |
Glover | $94,716 |
Klein | $89,716 |
Watts | $74,096 |
Perez | $71,401 |
Reid | $71,401 |
Wentzel | $71,401 |
Olivares | $71,401 |
Kijima | $71,401 |
Pearce | $71,401 |
Total pay, by MLS team
Team | Total guaranteed pay |
---|---|
Inter Miami | $41,708,280 |
Toronto FC | $31,808,632 |
LAFC | $22,085,924 |
LA Galaxy | $21,962,879 |
Nashville SC | $21,864,490 |
FC Cincinnati | $20,950,009 |
Houston Dynamo | $20,515,359 |
New England Revolution | $18,883,233 |
New York Red Bulls | $18,083,549 |
Austin FC | $17,595,884 |
Orlando City SC | $17,493,932 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | $17,414,357 |
Chicago Fire | $17,224,012 |
FC Dallas | $17,187,092 |
Seattle Sounders FC | $16,680,315 |
Columbus Crew | $16,586,339 |
DC United | $16,490,439 |
Sporting Kansas City | $16,313,140 |
New York City FC | $16,243,559 |
Real Salt Lake | $16,066,481 |
St. 亚洲无码 City SC | $15,484,335 |
Charlotte FC | $15,474,045 |
Portland Timbers | $15,407,617 |
Atlanta United | $15,230,938 |
Minnesota United | $14,768,315 |
San Jose Earthquakes | $14,634,037 |
Colorado Rapids | $14,435,426 |
Philadelphia Union | $13,813,718 |
CF Montreal | $11,438,409 |
San Diego FC | $1,020,095 |