The expected second release of salary figures by the Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA) this year has given FC Cincinnati a few additional numbers to chew on.
MLSPA's release of league-wide salary date confirmed much of what we already knew about FC Cincinnati's roster – that the club rosters five seven-figure earners and that FCC's discretionary spending ahead of the 2021 season was among the highest in MLS.
The release also confirmed the salaries of several players that arrived midseason, including Geoff Cameron, Kyle Scott, Tyler Blacket, Chris Duvall, Quimi Ordonez and Florian Valot.
Cameron, a key in-season acquisition, earns a base salary of $336,000.
Scott, a ballyhooed signing from England who made his first appearance for Cincinnati last weekend, earns a base salary of $81,375.
If only for MLSPA purposes, Wednesday's release indicated FC Cincinnati shed from its books the salaries of Saad-Abdul Salaam, Cody Cropper, Franko Kovacevic, Tom Pettersson, and most notably, seven-figure earner Jurgen Locadia ($2,812,500).
All those players were being paid by FC Cincinnati, according to the data released by MLSPA in the spring.
As always, consuming the MLSPA salary data comes with caveats. It's a useful guide in measuring spending from team to team but sometimes lacks context. It's raw data, and there's no accounting for how all the numbers work relative to the salary cap.
The data doesn't denote the use of roster-management tools like "GAM" and "TAM," which are used to pay down contracts.
The salary guide also might not accurately portray how the clubs themselves view their outgoing cash flow for roster expenditure. Case in point: Brenner Souza da Silva's base salary of $1,200,000 doesn't include the reported $13 million transfer fee required to get him in the door at FC Cincinnati to start with.
Here's how FC Cincinnati's current 2021 roster looks as of the September roster freeze (Player – base salary (annual average guaranteed compensation in parenthesis)):
Luciano Acosta - $1,943,500.00 ($2,222,854.00)
Isaac Atanga - $259,000.00 ($273,000.00)
Zico Bailey - $66,724.00 ($66,724.00)
Alvaro Barreal - $300,000.00 ($300,000.00)
Tyler Blackett - $398,400.00 ($398,400.00)
Geoff Cameron - $336,000.00 ($389,667.00)
Edgar Castillo - $121,000.00 ($127,019.00)
Allan Cruz - $1,020,000.00 ($1,134,000.00)
Chris Duvall - $81,375.00 ($81,375.00)
Jonas Fjeldberg - $63,547.00 ($63,547.00)
Avionne Flanagan - $63,547.00 ($63,547.00)
Joe Gyau - $273,000.00 ($273,000.00)
Nick Hagglund - $175,000.00 ($184,375.00)
Calvin Harris - $81,375.00 ($96,375.00)
Yuya Kubo - $1,091,000.00 ($1,206,750.00)
Ben Lundt - $85,444.00 ($87,019.00)
Ronald Matarrita - $700,000.00 ($756,875.00)
Haris Medunjanin - $570,000.00 ($625,750.00)
Ben Mines - $81,375.00 ($86,239.00)
Kamohelo Mokotjo - $925,000.00 ($1,007,969.00)
Arquimides Ordonez - $63,547.00 ($67,084.00)
Kyle Scott - $81,375.00 ($92,458.00)
Brenner Souza da Silva - $1,221,818.00 ($1,760,418.00)
Caleb Stanko - $210,000.00 ($210,000.00)
Beckham Sunderland - $63,547.00 ($67,609.00)
Przemyslaw Tyton - $262,500.00 ($269,375.00)
Gustavo Vallecilla - $252,000.00 ($284,880.00)
Florian Valot - $93,581.00 ($97,498.00)
Maikel van der Werff - $350,000.00 ($435,167.00)
Brandon Vazquez - $250,000.00 ($279,167.00)
Kenneth Vermeer - $81,375.00 ($104,375.00)
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