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The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first-team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, [ 1 ] every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation ...
Among other things, the CBA increased minimum salaries, established a 401(k) plan with guaranteed contributions from MLS, and guaranteed [3] that all players and their families will be provided with 100% fully paid health insurance benefits. In addition, the CBA provides for an independent arbitrator to hear disputes between MLS and the players.
Those on the practice squad are paid 18 weeks a year for the regular season, like active players, however unlike the latter there are no signing bonuses nor guaranteed salaries. Practice squad players earn considerably less than active squad players: in 2020, the minimum salary for a practice squad player was $8,400 per week ($142,800 for 17 ...
Each MLS club can sign up to three young players whose non-DP salaries and transfer fees hit the cap at a hugely discounted rate of $150,000 or $200,000. Miami, as of June 2023, had zero such players.
Allocation money is not to be confused with the MLS Allocation Order, which is a ranking used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in MLS allocation list. MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering transfer fee of at least $500,000. [7]
Don Garber has been commissioner of Major League Soccer for 25 years, and he'll keep that title for at least three more years. Here's what to know. MLS commissioner Don Garber signs new contract ...
Sebastián Driussi leads Austin FC's player salaries for 2024 — and it's not even close. He makes a base salary of $4.5 million ($6.7 million total).
The rule is informally named after David Beckham, in anticipation of MLS teams signing lucrative deals with internationally recognized players of Beckham's caliber. [1] [2] Beckham was the first player to be signed under this rule, signing a lucrative contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy worth up to $250 million over five years, with direct guaranteed compensation from MLS and Galaxy at $6.5 ...