Galaxy & Chivas USA 2009 Player Salaries Revealed

The MLS Players' Union has released the 2009 list of salaries (as it does annually) largely to demonstrate how little most of its members make. (Thanks to loyal reader Ben for the heads-up).

Here's the Galaxy and Chivas numbers in order of top earners to those at the bottom of the pile.

Are they worth it? You decide.

Galaxy:
David Beckham $6.5 million
Landon Donovan $900,000
Edson Buddle $179,950
Chris Klein $175,000
Eddie Lewis $165,722.29
Donovan Ricketts $150,000
Omar Gonzalez $142,000
Dema Kovalenko $137,618.75
Todd Dunivant $109,974.38
Izzy Sesay $102,083.33
Tristan Bowen $96,363.63
Jovan Kirovski $80,000
Alan Gordon $79,754.40
Stefani Miglioranzi $79,499.96
Sean Franklin $76,850
Mike Magee $72,500
Josh Saunders $44,473.75
Josh Wicks $42,000
Leonard Griffin $39,500
A.J. DeLaGarza $36,000
Julian Valentin $34,000
Bryan Jordan $34,000
Josh Tudela $34,000

Chivas USA
Sacha Kljestan $203,000
Jesse Marsch $174,375
Ante Razov $147,750
Alecko Eskandarian $143,391.25
Sacha Victorine $131,250
Carey Talley $110,250
Jim Curtin $109,204.20
Shavar Thomas $108,250
Ante Jazic $98,500
Paulo Nagamura $98,398.13
Jonathan Bornstein $90,000
Maykel Galindo $87,725
Atiba Harris $65,700
Zach Thornton $55,000
Dan Kennedy $50,000
Michael Lahoud $45,375
Lawson Vaughn $34,650
Justin Braun $34,000
Bobby Burling $34,000
Jorge Flores $34,000
Gerson Mayen $20,100
Lance Parker $20,100

Here's the complete list alphabetically and by club.

Discuss.