We’ve all probably heard about the huge differences in Major League Soccer salaries from the top to the bottom.  The league minimum salary is a tiny $33,000/year - and there are plenty of players that make this salary.  For the amount of money that David Beckham is making you could fill a full league of players at this rate.

So if first team players can (and some do) make as low at $33,000/year, what does that leave for reserves?  Well apparently in LA it leaves practically nothing - and Gullit isn’t too happy about it.  Gullit has told English reporters that sometimes Galaxy staff are calling friends on a Friday to see if they can play in a reserve game on Sunday.

One week the Galaxy reserves had to play a match with only 10 players, and the next week they took a ticket salesman from their front office to get more bodies on the reserve team.  Maybe I can grab a spot on the team one week.

It must be a shock coming from some of the biggest clubs in Europe to a situation like that.