Questions for soccer fans.

[Munkeh111]

outlawauron said:

Munkeh111 said:

outlawauron said:

The MLS salary cap is only at $3 million. Think about that!

As far as I know you are allowed 3 salary cap exceptions to allow foreign players or huge local players (Donovan)

But with $3m, you're not going to get much quality, are you sure that's right? Most of the players on Chelsea or Man City's roster earn that in themselves. Their overall budgets are well over $100m

In terms of age, peak is 25-30 in general. But their decline all depend on how important their physical skills are to them. Lampard for example has lasted extraordinary well, but isn't going to be as good as he has been for Chelsea and won't quite have the stamina

Correct. If a player's salary exceeds 350,000/year, then they qualify for a Designated Player slot. Each team can have 3 DP slots. These are usually used for top Hispanic players, older elite European players, or good USMNT players (Dempsey, Donavan, Bradley, Jones, etc.)

Salary cap is expected to nearly double as it should. MLS needs to be able to keep their younger players and be able to entice young players to skip college.

For $350,000 a year, you're not going to be able to keep good young players. If you're a good young player, you can earn $1m at most decent teams if you go across to Europe. I guess doubling it is a good start

You just need a steadier stream of good talent coming through and not going off to play other sports