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The list features Gozo ($126K/year) and Solans ($88K/year).

If we are leaning into the small-market, recruitment-driven narrative, this is major props. We may not build a championship team again with that process, so the recognition is a double-edged sword.

The article is paywalled, but here are some other highlights:

• Other all-budget teammates include Berhalter ($480K/yr) and Matty Dos Santos ($105K/yr).
• Messi's salary is higher than any other team's roster salary ($28.33 M/yr before Apple, Adidas, and other promotions, which bring him to somewhere between $70 and 80M/yr)
• RSL has the 8th cheapest roster ($15.3M). I think we've been the lowest-spending club in the past, so this seems like a positive move.
• RSL has a very high salary-to-performance ratio, and our academy gets props
• San Jose is also recognized as a development/efficiency/value club