Seattle Sounders Release Salaries For 2012 Season

Scott Coleman — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:00:41 -0000

The Seattle Sounders have released their team salaries for the 2012 season. The club currently sits in third place in the Western Conference with a record of 7-3-2, and have allowed the fewest goals of anyone in the league.

We'll take a look at the salary numbers after the jump.

Here is a complete list of each player's compensation for 2012.

Fredy Montero unsurprisingly leads the way at $600,000 base salary and $756,000 in guaranteed money, and Alvaro Fernandez came in second at $300,000 and $366,666.67.

Here were a few more notes from Joshua Mayers of The Seattle Times:

Here are where some notable newcomers fall in terms of salary/guaranteed compensation): Marc Burch ($65,000/$65,000), Michael Gspurning ($200,000/$275,000), Adam Johansson ($175,000/$182,833.33), Eddie Johnson ($100,000/$106,333.33), Christian Sivebaek ($99,996/$99,996), Andrew Weber ($51,996/$58,445.93).

--- Several players got raises, including Osvaldo Alonso (from $140,000), Brad Evans (from $121,000/$134,750), Leo Gonzalez (from $110,000), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (from $160,000/$161,000), Fredy Montero (from $500,000/$656,000), Jeff Parke (from $136,500) and Mauro Rosales (from $42,000).

Sounder at Heartgives their take, noting:

Fredy Montero is our highest paid player, and a bargain at any price. Leaving injuries aside, we're largely paying our highest salaries to our most productive players, which is where you want to be. The player whose salary is most out of whack with production on the high side (again, leaving Zakuani and White out of it for injury reasons) is probably Sivebaek, who's disappeared from the roster after some erratic early season games. But $100K is hardly a disastrous amount of money or cap space to spend on a speculative player. At the other end, Bryan Meredith, Alex Caskey, and Andy Rose have put in very productive minutes for the minimum.

For more on the Sounders, be sure to head over to Sounder at Heart.

Sounders Reportedly Sign Sweden's Adam Johansson

Aaron Campeau — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:18:18 -0000

According to a report in the Gothenburg Post and lent further credence by this Tweet from former Sounder Erik Friberg, the Seattle Sounders have signed 28-year-old Sweden international right back Adam Johansson. Johansson spent last season (and the majority of his career) with IFK Göteborg, one of Sweden's most successful clubs and the only Scandinavian team to win a European competition, but is currently out of contract. If true, the Sounders will have filled the last major hole in their starting XI in finding a replacement for James Riley who was lost in the MLS Expansion Draft.
The Swedish leagues are less high profile than many other in Europe and so the number of folks in the US that have seen him play regularly is likely quite small, but given what we know about the team's desire to improve the quality of fullback play it's a decent bet to think the Sounders feel as though Johansson is an upgrade over James Riley. Johansson is a natural right back but has spent a good portion of time on the left as well, giving the Sounders some additional flexibility in defense. The signing is yet to be confirmed and there are almost certainly changes still to come, but for the first time since the expansion draft it would appear as though the Sounders have a full starting XI with which they can be comfortable.

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Seattle Sounders Release Salaries For 2012 Season

Sounders Reportedly Sign Sweden's Adam Johansson