The Major League Soccer Players’ Association released its league-wide database of 2019 player salaries on Wednesday. Designated Player Josef Martínez, the 2018 MLS Most Valuable Player and record holder for goals in a single season, is Atlanta United’s highest-paid player. Martínez will make $3,058,333 in guaranteed compensation this season.
The Venezuela international signed a contract extension with Atlanta in the offseason and received a significant raise. Martínez made $1,387,318 last year.
Ezequiel Barco and Gonzalo “Pity” Martínez occupy the Five Stripes’ two remaining Designated Player slots on the roster. Barco makes $1,425,000 in 2019. Pity Martinez earns $900,000.
Captain Michael Parkhurst made $340,008 in Atlanta’s MLS Cup-winning 2018 season and entertained the possibility of signing with a new club in the offseason. Parkhurst eventually came to terms on a new deal with the Five Stripes. The 35-year-old defender makes $300,000 this season.
Dion Pereira is Atlanta’s lowest-paid player at $56,250 in 2019. Julian Gressel, who has not agreed to a new contract with the team, makes $133,000 this year.
Atlanta’s guaranteed compensation for 2019 is $12,670,769, which ranks sixth in MLS and is up from about $10.9 million in 2018. Toronto FC owns MLS’s most expensive roster this year at $22,122,190, per The Athletic. Zlatan Ibrahimoviç is the league’s highest-paid player at $7.2 million.
See the complete list of 2019 Atlanta United salaries, based on guaranteed compensation, below.
Mike Ambrose – $72,352
Anderson Asiedu – $56,250
Ezequiel Barco – $1,425,000
George Bello – $79,000
Andrew Carleton – $97,400
Franco Escobar – $300,000
John Gallagher – $70,250
Chris Goslin – $90,000
Julian Gressel – $133,000
Brad Guzan – $740,004
Jose Hernandez – $140,004
Alec Kann – $100,008
Kevin Kratz – $222,750
Lagos Kunga – $73,250
Jeff Larentowicz – $210,000
Josef Martinez – $3,058,333
Pity Martinez – $900,000
Justin Meram – $678,754
Brendan Moore – $70,250
Darlington Nagbe – $665,500
Patrick Okonkwo – $67,256
Michael Parkhurst – $300,000
Dion Pereira – $56,250
Leandro Gonzalez-Pirez – $810,008
Eric Remedi – $324,000
Miles Robinson – $201,250
Brek Shea – $225,000
Brandon Vazquez – $166,000
Hector “Tito” Villalba – $830,250
Gordon Wild – $130,000
Romario Williams – $78,650