Updated Galaxy Salaries. And Who the Heck are Scott Bolkan and Vito Higgins?

By: Laurie | April 12th, 2008

The updated salary list is out. It includes salaries for Alvaro Pires, Josh Tudela, Josh Wicks and Bryan Jordan. And…um…Scott Bolkan? And Vito Higgins?

Scott Bolkan? Apparently he’s a midfielder? And Vito Higgins, who’s apparently a goalkeeper? Where did they come from? Must research this.

Interesting (and a bit sad) that Tudela is making the same as he did last year.

And how is Alvaro Pires worth more than $100,000 a year? Is he that much better than our homegrown players?

And is Steve Cronin really worth double what Josh Wicks is worth?

UPDATE: When you’re desperate for information, go back and read what you’ve written in your own blog. Vito Higgins is the guy from Gonzaga who made it through the open tryouts. Link to his photo is here. I still have no clue about Scott Bolkan, except that he went to Stanford. I’ll research this and get back to you.

LA Alamo Charles GK $ 12,900.00 $ 12,900.00
LA Allen Ely F $ 36,000.00 $ 44,750.00
LA Beckham David M $ 5,500,000.08 $ 6,500,000.04
LA Bolkan Scott M $ 12,900.00 $ 12,900.00
LA Buddle Edson F $ 147,000.00 $ 157,000.00
LA Cronin Steve GK $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00
LA Donovan Landon F $ 900,000.00 $ 900,000.00
LA Franklin Sean M-D $ 36,000.00 $ 48,500.00
LA Gavin Michael D $ 33,000.00 $ 33,000.00
LA Gordon Alan F $ 72,504.00 $ 72,504.00
LA Higgins Vito GK $ 12,900.00 $ 12,900.00
LA Jazic Ante D-M $ 120,000.00 $ 125,625.00
LA Jordan Bryan F $ 17,700.00 $ 17,700.00
LA Klein Chris M $ 150,000.00 $ 150,000.00
LA McDonald Brandon D $ 12,900.00 $ 12,900.00
LA Pires Alvaro M $ 100,000.00 $ 110,775.31
LA Randolph Michael D $ 33,000.00 $ 33,000.00
LA Roberts Troy D $ 33,000.00 $ 33,000.00
LA Ruiz Carlos F $ 350,000.00 $ 460,000.00
LA Sesay Israel F $ 45,000.00 $ 77,083.33
LA Tudela Josh M $ 17,700.00 $ 17,700.00
LA Vagenas Peter M $ 144,000.00 $ 144,000.00
LA Valentin Julian D $ 12,900.00 $ 12,900.00
LA Vanney Greg D $ 91,800.00 $ 91,800.00
LA Wicks Josh GK $ 38,000.00 $ 38,000.00
LA Xavier Abel D $ 156,000.00 $ 156,000.00

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Fitz

Scott Bolkan is the man!!!!
Justin

Yeah he might not be doing that good and we all might want to blame Cronin because he is the man between the posts but what about slow ass Vanney letting the man by him to score the last two goals for sure. The free kick Cronin had a good save and then Vanneys man blows in and scores from the rebound. If Vanney would have kept him out just a second or two longer we could have cleared it.
harmsway01

Cronin 75K???wtf
This is his first year starting and he is sucking really bad.

Put Wicks between the pipes and you'll be happy.
Justin

So the big question is do we lose those open dev slots or since they are not on our roster do we still have those open slots?
Bruce

Bolkan and Adzemian have just been confirmed on loan to Portland. This is probably a portion of the compensation for the transfer of Wicks and Jordan. We get the players and you pay for them.

Higgins played at Gonzaga, I believe. He was a decent keeper from what I recall from the one game I saw last season but very raw.
Justin

Well I just finished my coffee and I am going to go get ready for the game now. Glad you found the real news on the dev contracts that other guy that popped up on the roster is now off it again? lol not sure what the hell is up with our team. No more news anywhere on the Cubans either. Oh well we will have to wait and see.
Laurie

Damn, Justin, you're right. Teach me to post before coffee. They can have ten developmentals, not eight.

From MLSnet: MLS teams shall not have more than 10 developmental players on their developmental roster at any time (unless a player is added as a season-ending injury replacement). Developmental players can be either domestic or international and must be 25 years of age or younger during the calendar year of competition. These players do not count against a team's salary budget. They are signed to non-guaranteed contracts and thus, can be waived at any time.
Justin

Also I heard that for them to get the paper work in to play is not that hard and they would have already started it if Ruud likes what he sees. I hope the midfielder is a left footed one cause we need a few more of them.
Justin

I was pretty sure that each team could have 28 players and we are sitting at 25 right now. Then if you look at who we could cut which is in honesty like 3 Pete, Buddle/Gordan, or Jazic. We can not afford to let go of one of are strikers unless we bring in another one.
Laurie

Diane, the teams are limited to eight developmental players to go with the 18 on the senior roster. It looks like they currently have seven, and that's not counting our mystery man, Scott Bolkan. He would be both our eighth developmental player and our 26th player overall.

So in answer to your question, in order for the Cubans to come in, somebody would have to go out. From what other people are telling me, though, getting work permits, etc. for these guys to play professionally is a challenge and takes time. Maykel Galindo had to play a year with the USL Seattle Sounders before he went to Chivas. So perhaps this is more of a longterm thing?

Our Portland Timbers blogger is thinking that since we took Josh Wicks from them, they should get the Cuban keeper back.
Diane

My biggest question at the moment is still Abel. But also, does anyone know how the salary issues work if the three guys from Cuba work out? Is there an unlimited number of developmental players allowed? Would that be their only option if they joined the Galaxy now?
Laurie

Damn. What is it with the Galaxy's Timbers obsession?
Dick

If the Galaxy think that Gordon is worth half of what Buddle is worth, why is Gordon playing and Buddle watching?
RHYbread

We spend too much money on aging players with below average ability.
Glen

it's still hard to believe how low the salaries are for some/if not most of the players.
Justin

Higgins was the keeper we dropped right before the Pan Pac. Better question is who is Vardan Adzemian he is on our roster today. That means we do not have enough spaces for all three of the Cubans but maybe we will be dumping some bench warmers. I can dream right?
charlesj27

Scott Bolkan ; DEFENDER out of Stanford University; 6'-2"; 190 lbs; did attend the 2008 MLS Combine in Florida. DOB: 02/18/1986. Part of NSCAA All Far-West 1st Team in 2007; Part of PAC-10 1st Team, as well. As far as I know, I believe he was NOT picked up by an MLS team in either the SuperDraft or the Supplemental Draft.