The September salary release by the MLS Players Union is rarely news, it's more like an addendum. A few players are added to teams, most taken away. Big budget players are generally already known, and in this case they make sense (except for David Villa's $60,000). Seattle Sounders FC made two midseason additions and lost three players since the April release.

Recent signing Onyekachi Apam signed for only $60,000 and Aaron Long is making the developmental minimum of $36,504. Long is one of only three players making that amount, and one is on loan to the Cosmos.

Seattle's losses since the last update are Shalrie Joseph, David Estrada and Fabio Pereira. This means their total guaranteed spend went down between the two releases.

As always these are a rough guide that may, or may not, include Allocation Money. It is a handy reminder of how close to "not a Designated Player" Osvaldo Alonso is.