Troy Perkins and Kenny Cooper have the highest salaries among the Portland Timbers for the 2011 season.

Perkins commands a total salary $280,000 and Cooper has a salary of $267,500, according to the list of player salaries released by Major League Soccer's players union.

Third on the list is rookie midfielder Darlington Nagbe. The Generation adidas player has a salary package of $201,000 for the season.

Other Portland players with salary compensation of at least $100,000 are midfielder Jack Jewsbury ($158,166), midfielder and designated player Diego Chara ($143,758), defender Rodney Wallace ($139,000), defender Jeremy Hall ($129,000), defender Kevin Goldthwaite ($126,666) and forward Jorge Perlaza ($100,000).

The lowest paid players on the team include, not surprisingly, the rookies. Rookie defender Chris Taylor ($32,604), forward Spencer Thompson ($32,600), midfielder Rodrigo Lopez ($32,604) and midfielder Freddie Braun ($32,600) are at the bottom of the pay scale.

Here is the list of all the Timbers' player salaries: (First number is base salary and second number is total compensation).

POR Alhassan Kalif M $ 60,000.00 $ 69,250.00

POR Braun Frederick M $ 32,600.04 $ 32,600.04

POR Brown Adin GK $ 72,000.00 $ 76,000.00

POR Brunner Eric D $ 70,000.00 $ 74,250.00

POR Chara Diego M $ 100,008.00 $ 143,758.00

POR Cooper Kenny F $ 250,000.00 $ 267,500.00

POR Danso Mamdou D $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00

POR Dike Bright F $ 42,000.00 $ 44,937.50

POR Gleeson Jake GK $ 42,000.00 $ 44,000.00

POR Goldthwaite Kevin D $ 110,000.00 $ 126,666.67

POR Hall Jeremy M $ 80,000.00 $ 129,000.00

POR Horst David D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00

POR Jewsbury Jack D $ 155,000.00 $ 158,166.67

POR Johnson Eddie F $ 80,000.00 $ 88,000.00

POR Lopez Rodrigo M $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00

POR Lowry Peter F-M $ 60,000.00 $ 61,666.67

POR Marcelin James M $ 65,000.00 $ 65,000.00

POR Moffat Adam M $ 56,700.00 $ 56,700.00

POR Nagbe Darlington M/F $ 65,000.00 $ 201,000.00

POR Perkins Troy GK $ 250,000.00 $ 280,000.00

POR Perlaza Jorge F $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00

POR Pore Ryan M $ 80,000.00 $ 80,000.00

POR Purdy Steve D $ 42,000.00 $ 42,000.00

POR Taylor Christopher D $ 32,600.04 $ 32,600.04

POR Thompson Spencer F $ 32,604.00 $ 32,604.00

POR Umony Brian F $ 65,004.00 $ 85,004.00

POR Wallace Rodney M-D $ 90,000.00 $ 139,000.00

POR Zizzo Sal F $ 65,000.00 $ 73,250.00

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