Araújo, Driussi top-paid to join MLS during season
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brazilian winger Luiz Araújo has a US$3.6 million base salary after joining Atlanta from Lille and has total compensation of $3,941,667, the highest among players to join Major League Soccer teams during the 2021 season.
Argentine forward Sebastián Driussi, who signed with Austin from Zenit St. Petersburg, had the second-highest pay among the midseason signings with a base salary of $2,571,420 and total compensation of $2,688,420, according to figures released Wednesday by the Major League Soccer Players Association.
Scottish midfielder Ryan Gauld, who joined the Vancouver Whitecaps in late July, is pegged at $2.025 million in total compensation while Venezuelan winger Yeferson Soteldo, who joined Toronto FC in late April, is listed at $1.965 million
Aké Loba, a striker from Ivory Coast who transferred to Nashville from Monterrey, has a salary of $1.077 million and total compensation of $1.318 million.