re: &quot;Legendary Announcement&quot; - Austin FC is your newest MLS squad

Posted by Winston Cup

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 5:59 pm to SirWinston

agree. they could have been the austin capitals or bats or salamanders or something

austin fc just seems generic

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Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:28 pm to Winston Cup

quote:
austin fc just seems generic

Still better than

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austin capitals or bats or salamanders

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:32 pm to pvilleguru

Just because I didn't see a better thread to put it in...

MLS Buzz
@MLS_Buzz

Highest average yearly salary in leagues in the Western Hemisphere in 2018:

1. Brazil - $670,740
2. Mexico - $402,556
3. Argentina - $379,054
4. MLS - $375,257
5. Chile - $98,080

Average MLS pay in 2014: $196,110

(leagues surveyed by GlobalSportsSalaries)

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Posted by WinnPtiger

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:49 pm to Winston Cup

Posted by StraightCashHomey21

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:08 pm to pvilleguru

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Average MLS pay in 2014: $196,110

That’s bc DPs make like 5 million a year and squad players struggle to make 50k

What improves the league is paying squad players more

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Posted by StraightCashHomey21

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:14 pm to SirWinston

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Cant one fricking team drop the try hard "real" or "sporting" or "fc"?

So fricking lame

Better than some shite like the Austin Rattlers

Then again you want the playoffs in the EPL

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:21 pm to StraightCashHomey21

Not sure why you quoted the 2014 numbers, since the 2018 numbers are almost double that. And the reason for that is TAM, which raised the salary of the middle of the roster. Which is largely why the league is better in 2018 than it was in 2014.

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:34 pm to StraightCashHomey21

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squad players struggle to make 50k

The lowest paid player this year made $54,500.

I think I counted ~79 players that made less than 60k, so about 3.4 players per team. I think 17 of those were on homegrown contracts that are in the first year or two of their first contract.

Once you get past that group of players making 54.5-59.9k, you quickly jump up to the next plateau at $67k. Looks like just under 2/3 of the league earns over 100k.

This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:40 pm

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:49 pm to pvilleguru

Also, a good portion of those players making under $100k spend most of the season in USL.

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 9:13 pm to pvilleguru

I'm just going to use Atlanta as an example, since I'm more familiar with their roster than any other team.

Players with a base salary of <100k in 2018:

Mikey Ambrose (68.9k)
George Bello (67.5k)
Andrew Carleton (75k)
Jon Gallagher (67.5k)
Julian Gressel (92.5k, and about to get a raise)
Chris Goslin (80k)
Mitch Hildebrandt (67.5k)
Alec Kann (94k)
Lagos Kunga (54.5k)
Patrick Okonkwo (54.5k)
Oliver Shannon (54.5k)
Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu (55.7k)
Romario Williams (71.5k)
Gordon Wild (90k)

17 other players had a base salary of >100k.

Bello, Carleton, Goslin, and Kunga are on homegrown contracts and are all under 20 years old.

Kann was the #2 GK all season, Hildebrandt was the #3 and spend some time with AUFC2.

Okonkwo and Wild spend the season on loan with Charleston in USL.

Bello, Carleton, Gallagher, Kunga, Shannon, and to a lesser extent Wheeler-Omiunu either mostly or exclusively played with AUFC2 in USL.

Posted by Winston Cup

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 9:37 pm to StraightCashHomey21

Austin Wranglers GOAT

Posted by farmhands

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 9:52 pm to Winston Cup

Waterloo FC would have been nice.

Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 1/15/19 at 10:03 pm to Winston Cup

#BoycottMLS

#GarberOut

Posted by cwil177

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Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:26 am to Winston Cup

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VAMOS EL TREE!!!

Posted by cwil177

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Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:28 am to StraightCashHomey21

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That’s bc DPs make like 5 million a year and squad players struggle to make 50k

This is not true anymore but sure keep spouting talking points from 2010.

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:48 am to cwil177

Only 7 DPs made at least 5M (Giovinco, Bradley, Vela, Schweinsteiger, dos Santos, Villa, Altidore).

Piatti made 4.7m.

Only 9 other players made more than 2m, and none of them made more than 2.777m.

So only 17 players made more than $2m.

This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 6:52 am

Posted by pvilleguru

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Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:13 am to pvilleguru

Where the average MLS salary sits compared to Europe

6. Turkey - $864,053
7. Belgium - $402,941
8. MLS - $375,257
9. Portugal - $357,540
10. Switzerland - $324,020
11. Netherlands - $323,488
12. Austria - $233,110
13. Scotland - $231,891

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