"Personally I think it's a little bit unfair, the foreigners in general make a lot more money when I feel we have a lot of good players in America," said Wingert. "The foreigners on our team are great guys and great players and deserve the money they're making. Around the league, it just seems that the only way you're getting paid is if you've played somewhere else."

A change to this scenario might not come around until the current collective bargaining agreement expires on Jan. 31, 2010.

"Right now the players don't have much bargaining power, and that's just the way it is. Part of that is because the league needed to have that happen to succeed, but now that we're getting more and more owners and we're getting more and more money pumped into it, I think the players need to be rewarded for that," said Wingert.

2008 RSL Salary Information

Player ... Base salary ... Plus bonuses

Kyle Beckerman ... $143,000 ... $145,500
Anthony Beltran ... $55,000 ... $90,500
Nikolas Besagno ... $100,000 ... $136,500
Nat Borchers ... $120,000 ... $127,500
Matias Cordoba ... $100,000 ... $100,000
Kenny Cutler ... $33,000 ... $33,000
Kenny Deuchar ... $135,000 ... $145,000
Fabian Espindola ... $75,000 ... $75,000
Robbie Findley ... $47,100 ... $59,600
David Horst ... $33,000 ... $33,000
Ian Joy ... $120,000 ... $120,000
Dustin Kirby ... $17,700 ... $17,700

Dema Kovalenko ... $200,000 ... $207,618
Matias Mantilla ... $153,000 ... $153,000
Javier Morales ... $240,000 ... $240,000
Yura Movsisyan ... $47,575 ... $57,575
Alex Nimo ... $45,000 ... $78,000
Tino Nunez ... $17,700 ... $17,700
Kevin Reiman ... $12,900 ... $12,900
Kyle Reynish ... $17,700 ... $17,700
Nick Rimando ... $91,500 ... $95,843
Chris Seitz ... $70,000 ... $105,500
Nathan Sturgis ... $75,000 ... $108,000
Carey Talley ... $105,000 ... $105,000
Brennan Tennelle ... $12,900 ... $12,900
Andy Williams ... $80,000 ... $80,000
Chris Wingert ... $65,000 ... $65,000

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