Follow Major League Soccer for any amount of time and you’ll hear about the salary cap. Many sports leagues impose salary caps, but what are they? Shall we start with a basic dictionary definition? Dictionary.com, what say you? “Salary cap: an upper limit to the combined salary of an entire team.” That’s easy enough, but MLS throws in some curves. Most numbers come from the MLS Player’s Union CBA. Let’s look at some specifics.
Team Salary Budget
This is the official MLS term for the salary cap. In 2017 that number is $3,845,000 ($3.