My first piece for Reporting KC was a breakdown of Sporting Kansas City’s payroll situation going into the offseason, based on the MLS Player Union figures that are periodically released throughout the season, and I produced a subsequent second piece on the club’s payroll when more news about Sporting KC’s then-out-of-contract players became known.
The hitch with those figures is that they do not take into account the many variations of MLS monopoly money, like general allocation funds, retention funds, or targeted allocation money. So, all of the salaries listed have to be taken with a grain of salt, although, in some cases, it is pretty easy to read between the lines (for instance, Roger Espinoza making a Designated Player-level salary but not actually having the DP label means his salary is paid down somehow).