Quote Originally Posted by Nuvinho View Post
my bad, changing it!
No you were right first time http://www.mlssoccer.com/2012-mls-roster-rules


  • The maximum budget charge for a single player is $350,000.*
  • A Designated Player over the age of 23 counts as $350,000 against the club’s salary budget
  • A Designated Player 20 years old or younger** (referred to as Young Designated Players or Young DPs) to counts as $150,000 against the club’s salary budget
  • A Designated Player 21-23 years old** counts as $200,000 against the club’s salary budget.


Players occupying roster spots 21-30 do not count against the club’s salary budget, and are referred to collectively as the club’s Off-Budget Players (maximum of 10 per team).
  • All Generation adidas players are Off-Budget players.
  • Clubs may elect to leave up to two of these roster spots (25-30) vacant and use $35,000 for each empty spot as allocation money.
  • Clubs may sign up to two Homegrown Players contracts above the minimum salary and similar to Generation adidas player contract amounts.


The Homegrown Player clause is interesting one, how long does a player remain with that status? e.g. if Henry remains with club 10 years from now and earns 1,000,000$ is that amount not against cap?