It’s that time again as the MLS Players Association has released the 2025 MLS salaries with its May – it’s a little late, fellas – salary drop.
As a reminder, these numbers are not the same as the salary cap hit. While they can be useful for determining overall spend, they aren’t the same.
2025 FC Dallas May Player Salaries
| Player | Base Salary | Guaranteed Comp |
|---|---|---|
| Luciano Acosta * | $3,040,000 | $4,296,413 |
| Petar Musa * | $2,250,000 | $2,680,000 |
| Paxton Pomykal ^ | $1,050,000 | $1,158,000 |
| Sebastian Lletget ^ | $800,000 | $891,250 |
| Anderson Julio ^ | $750,000 | $820,000 |
| Shaq Moore ^ | $700,000 | $770,000 |
| Sebastien Ibeagha | $675,000 | $738,625 |
| Lalas Abubakar | $700,000 | $737,125 |
| Osaze Urhoghide ^ | $580,000 | $643,982 |
| Leo Chú + | $600,000 | $600,000 |
| Marco Farfán | $550,000 | $582,813 |
| Maarten Paes | $450,000 | $522,000 |
| Show Cafumana | $462,000 | $504,350 |
| Ramiro | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| Geovane + | $350,000 | $397,000 |
| Enes Sali + | $325,000 | $370,000 |
| Patrickson Delgado + | $234,000 | $260,280 |
| Bernard Kamungo | $225,000 | $256,000 |
| Tsiki Ntsabeleng | $200,000 | $227,000 |
| Antonio Carrera = | $200,000 | $219,519 |
| Kaick + | $150,000 | $201,900 |
| Tarik Scott =< | $140,000 | $155,942 |
| Nolan Norris =< | $125,000 | $143,642 |
| Logan Farrington < | $104,000 | $141,493 |
| Herbert Endeley < | $104,000 | $104,000 |
| Pedrinho < | $104,000 | $104,000 |
| Daniel Baran =< | $80,622 | $94,838 |
| Diego García =< | $80,622 | $94,263 |
| Malachi Molina =< | $80,622 | $93,338 |
| Michael Collodi =< | $80,622 | $93,047 |
| Álvaro < | $80,622 | $92,740 |
| Enzo Newman < | $80,622 | $80,622 |
| Tomas Pondeca < | $80,622 | $80,622 |
| Anthony Ramírez =< | $80,622 | $80,622 |
| Carl Sainté < | $80,622 | $80,622 |
| Alejandro Urzua =< | $80,622 | $80,622 |
| Diego Pepi =< | $80,622 | $80,622 |
* Designated Player
^ TAM player
+ U22 Initiative
< Supplemental Roster (off-budget)
= Homegrown
Notes, Thoughts, and Comments
Antonio Carrera has been sold, but I’ll leave him on the list.
Tsiki Ntsabeleng got a nice raise from $90k to $200k base.
What a terrible signing Enes Sali is at that number, almost $400k.
Osaze Urhoghide is a steal at $580k base. Sebastien Ibeagha and Lalar Abubakar getting paid more is comical. Although it’s good that neither of the latter two needs a buy-down as TAM players.
Urhoghide is likely a TAM buydown on the transfer fee.
Leo Chu needs to start producing on that kind of salary ($600k). Right now, he can’t even get on the field.
$500k for Ramiro, I think, confirms that he was supposed to be a veteran backup and utility piece and not a 34-game starter. That is Asier-Illarramendi money, but it’s not “starting 34 games in central midfield money.”