So Goes Ohio So Goes MLS

The MLS Players Union published their updated player wages document today. Not a whole lot of surprises since they just released it a few month's ago. This one does include some of the secondary window players. Now that rosters are locked the list carries a little bit more meaning.

High-level bullet points:

• Median Team wages up two million in two years (+50%)
• Toronto, LA, NYCFC, Seattle, Orlando biggest spenders (10m-23m)
• Rest of league remains in the 5-6 million $ range

Not a whole lot of surprises on the Columbus Crew SC front other than Gaston Sauro is making close to $600k annually. A wage that puts him the top 5 in the league, defensively. It's likely prorated this year, but that's still a hefty bill. Under Gregg Berhalter, the Crew have spent big on center backs.

I've gone over these wage lists dozens of times over the past few years and there's not much that surprises me anymore. I did discover that Columbus almost always matches the league median, as far as median guaranteed salaries go.

Just as the age old political saying goes, I guess. So goes Ohio, so goes the country.

Here's the full list of Crew players:

1,175,000 - Federico Higuain
599,513 - Gaston Sauro
536,667 - Kei Kamara
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MLS TOP 10%
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334,167 - Jack McInerney
300,000 - Michael Parkhurst
262,500 - Emanuel Pogatetz
220,179 - Cedrick Mabwati
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MLS TOP QUARTILE
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195,000 - Tony Tchani
188,333 - Steve Clark
175,000 - Justin Meram
170,167 - Waylon Francis
150,000 - Harrison Afful
164,500 - Wil Trapp
142,500 - Ethan Finlay
119,438 - Kristinn Steindorsson
110,000 - Mohammed Saeid
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MLS MEDIAN
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99,667 - Tyson Wahl
90,000 - Hector Jimenez
87,802 - Chris Klute
80,417 - Ben Swanson
68,355 - Ben Speas
63,420 - Romain Gall
60,000 - Kevan George
60,000 - Matt Lampson
60,000 - Sagi Lev-Ari
60,000 - Aaron Schoenfeld
60,000 - Brad Stuver
60,000 - Chad Barson
52,500 - Sergio Campbell