7/4/11
Herculez Gomez: Pursuing The American Dream ... AbroadThe Shin GuardianLet me give you a little insight to my taste as a “professional athlete”, the following are actual salaries in my time playing in the US of A:
2002 SD Gauchos USL $600 a month (plus a sweet coaching job on the side)
2002 LA Galaxy MLS Developmental Player $825 a month (good luck living in LA for that amount!)
2003 LA Galaxy MLS DP $825 a month (my Grandma now lets me sleep on her couch)
2004 SD Gauchos/ SD Soccers Indoor total for both was about $1200 (I was told by an actual MLS coach that soccer was not in my future, Waived.)
2005 LA Galaxy MLS Senior DP about $1300 a month (My friend and old youth coach lets me into his home free of cost.)
2006-09 LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids, KC Wizards MLS $50,000-$54,000
And, my friends, these were all semi-guaranteed contracts.