Last week, Christmas came early for MLS fans: the day that the MLS Players Union released the salaries of its members.
On the surface, it was easy to see the change that the infusion of Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) has had on club rosters and on Sporting Kansas City’s in particular. The changes from last year’s payroll to this year’s payroll are many and we’ll examine a few of those changes here.
The most noteworthy change is that Roger Espinoza is no longer the highest-paid player on the roster anymore. That distinction now belongs to Felipe Gutierrez, who showed himself to be worth every penny before suffering an injury and subsequently going under the surgeon’s knife.