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 NEW YORK (AP) - The goal of Major League Soccer players is to earn it like Beckham. David Beckham will receive more than double what any other player in MLS is getting this year and more than 50 times the average salary, according to data released Friday by the league's players' union.
Beckham, the former English captain who joins the Los Angeles Galaxy this summer, has $6.5 million in guaranteed income that includes a $5.5 million base salary this year, the union said. That's 10 times more than what any player is getting outside the top six.
Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who is joining the Chicago Fire this summer, is second with $2,666,778 in guaranteed income, including a base salary of $2,492,316. Colombian forward Juan Pablo Angel, who signed with the New York Red Bulls, is third with $1,593,750 in guaranteed income, including a $1.5 million salary,
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