Colorado Rapids’ end-of-season salary report released by MLSPA
The Major League Soccer Players Association disclosed its end-of-year salary assessment on Wednesday giving fans a look at their clubs payroll heading into the offseason After a wild summer transfer window the Colorado Rapids rounded out the season with in base salary on the books That was good for rd in the league compared to st when the last analysis was distributed back in June Since that time the Rapids trimmed more than from the salary budget but since October the payroll increased by almost Particular hefty salaries left the club this summer including K vin Cabral Chidozie Awaziem and Djordje Mihailovic who together combined for nearly million However the Rapids three permanent summer acquisitions added nearly million distributed as follows M Paxten Aaronson million CB Rob Holding million LB Rafael Santos The Rapids two other summer acquisitions center back Noah Cobb and winger Alexis Manyoma are with the club on loan Cobb s loan technically ended at the conclusion of the season but the Rapids have a purchase option to acquire him permanently His salary is on Atlanta United s books in the meantime Manyoma is listed at on the Rapids payroll but it s likely his parent club Club Estudiantes will pay a portion of that until his loan ends in June Darren Yapi was the Rapids best bang-for-your-buck competitor on the roster logging career highs in goals eight and assists two for just annually His contract is up but the club has an option to bring him back for Related Articles Colorado Rapids Chris Armas mutually part approaches as contract expires Rapids season ends on last-minute equalizer by LAFC Rapids lose at Real Salt Lake retain Rocky Mountain Cup but fall out of playoff spot Rapids to face rival Real Salt Lake with playoff hopes trophy front and center Rapids keeper Zack Steffen left out of USMNT October camp friendlies Generally the higher-spending clubs in the MLS tend to perform better but it s not a hard and fast rule The Philadelphia Union winners of the Supporters Shield for preponderance points in the regular season were announced as the lowest-spending company in the league as of Wednesday Conversely Atlanta has the third-most expensive payroll in the league but only avoided finishing dead last by drawing D C United on Decision Day For the Rapids the performance was just about right for the pay relative to the league They finished th in the Western Conference st in MLS after a crucial drop-off at the end of the season The dip in form could in part be attributed to the loss of key players during the summer namely Mihailovic who forced his way out of the club back in August His landing spot was Toronto FC where he now makes about million annually compared to his million salary in Colorado Inter Miami topped the league again in total salary at just less than million Its superstar Lionel Messi logged a guaranteed compensation of more than million a number only three other entire teams topped in base salary Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams
