2013 Sporting KC Salaries

The MLS Players Union today released salary figures for the players for the 2013 season today.  As always there are plenty of quesitons regarding the salaries.  The biggest one on this year's is the salary of Claudio Bieler's salary.  The players union site lists the designated player as having a base of $200,000.  Which is tied for the 5th highest according to the list released today.  The highest according to the list is a tie between Benny Feilhaber and Kei Kamara, both of whom have their base salary at $300,000.  Paulo Nagamura at $265,000 and Aurelien Collin at $250,000 round out the players ahead of Bieler salary wise.

Here's the full list.

Matt Besler - $180,000 - $180,000
Claudio Bieler - $200,000 - $200,000
Teal Bunbury - $110,000 - $208,000
Aurelien Collin - $250,000 - $250,000
Bobby Convey - $200,000 - $200,000
Christian Duke - $35,125 - $35,125
Dom Dwyer - $65,000 - $77,500
Kevin Ellis - $46,500 - $47,250
Benny Feilhaber - $300,000 - $312,187.50
Josh Gardner - $60,000 - $60,000
Peterson Joseph - $46,500 - $46,500
Kei Kamara - $300,000 - $302,500
Jon Kempin - $60,000 - $67,083.33
Eric Kronberg - $76,835 - $76,835
Mikey Lopez - $75,000 - $147,000
Mechack Jerome - $35,125 - $35,125
Kyle Miller - $35,125 - $35,125
Chance Myers - $105,000 - $120,666.67
Paulo Nagamura - $265,000 - $270,500
Jimmy Nielsen - $200,000 - $220,000
Lawrence Olum - $46,500 - $46,500
Ike Opara - $90,000 - $96,250
Jacob Peterson - $100,000 - $104,833.33
Oriol Rosell - $110,000 - $118,750
Soony Saad - $46,500 - $46,500
CJ Sapong - $75,000 - $92,000
Seth Sinovic - $90,000 - $96,750
Yann Songo'o - $35,125 - $35,125
Michael Thomas - $57,750 - $60,713.21
Graham Zusi - $140,000 - $173,812.50

The biggest mover this year salary wise is Feilhaber.  He took a $100,000 cut from his salary last year wtih New England.  Kei Kamra had the highest increases and second biggest move, adding $90,000 to his salary to hit the $300,000 mark.  Percentage wise, Matt Besler was the highest increase, almost doubling his salary from last year to now start making $180,000 a year.  Here's the full list.

Matt Besler - +$88,249
Claudio Bieler - N/A
Teal Bunbury - +$10,000
Aurelien Collin - +$40,000
Bobby Convey - no change
Christian Duke - N/A
Dom Dwyer - +$5,000
Kevin Ellis - +$2,500
Benny Feilhaber - -$100,000
Josh Gardner - +$5,880
Mechack Jerome - N/A
Peterson Joseph - +$2,400
Kei Kamara - +$90,000
Jon Kempin - +$13,00
Eric Kronberg - +$6,985
Mikey Lopez - N/A
Kyle Miller - +$1,375
Chance Myers - +$19,000
Paulo Nagamura - +$15,000
Jimmy Nielsen - no change
Lawrence Olum - +$2,400
Ike Opara - -$10,000
Jacob Peterson - +$19,000
Oriol Rosell - +$20,000
Soony Saad - +$2,500
CJ Sapong - +$10,000
Seth Sinovic - +$30,000
Yann Songo'o - N/A
Michael Thomas - +$2,750
Graham Zusi - +$35,000