Landon Donovan tops salary list

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The Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy player who returned to the MLS after a short spell in Germany, was rewarded by having his total package nearly tripled becoming the highest paid player in the league. Donovan will earn US$900,000 a year, US$25,000 more than second-placed FC Dallas player Eddie Johnson. DC United teenager Freddy Adu comes in third on US$500,000.

Unlike most U.S. pro leagues, the MLS has kept player salaries confidential for the most part since its birth in 1996, but with the formation of the MLS Players Union in 2003, those figures are starting to become more public.