MLS Transfer Fees (Paid)

Fee Player From To Source $4,000,000 Hernandez, Luis UANL Tigres Los Angeles link $2,000,000 Graziani, Ariel Morelia Dallas link $1,400,000 Etcheverry, Marco Colo Colo D.C. United link $1,000,000 Valderrama, Carlos Atletico Junior Tampa Bay link $800,000 Hong, Myung-Bo Pohang Steelers Los Angeles link $500,000 Nowak, Peter 1860 Munich Chicago link $400,000 Toja, Juan Independiente Dallas link $300,000 Comas, Alex Atletico National New York link $300,000 Conde, Wilman Millionaros Chicago link $250,000 Diallo, Mamadou Lillestrom Tampa Bay link $250,000 Galvan Rey, Sergio Once Caldas New York link $250,000 Gomes, Rafael Santa Clara Colorado link $200,000 Moreno, Jaime Middlesbrough D.C. United link $150,000 Corrales, Ramiro SK Brann San Jose link $100,000 Borchers, Nat Odd Grenland Real Salt Lake link 1.3 or 4.0 Donovan, Landon Bayer Leverkusen Los Angeles link high 6 figs Vega, Marcelo Santiago New York link high 6 figs Herrera, Marcelo Miami link high 6 figs Luiz, Joao Vasco da Gama New York link high 6 figs Sanchez, Wellington Nacional New York link Notes 1) It's even harder to find stuff about the fees paid out, especially since most were from 1996-9. There's a lot of guys missing. There's a couple more I don't have exact numbers for. According to Soccer America, the fees for the following players were all in the high six figures: Herrera, Marcelo Joao, Luiz Sanchez, Wellington Vega, Marcelo 2) Sergio Galvan Rey's fee seems to be thrown around as $500,000. But according to Ives Galarcep on the link above, that number included the transfer fee and his salary that year. So I've estimated the transfer fee at half that. 3) Hong Myung-Bo's deal was mostly or all paid for by a sponsor. 4) If you know of any others, and you have the link to prove it, leave a comment. EDIT: Also, any player on loan with an MLS team who later joins them for good should involve a transfer fee, since it's league policy to have an option to buy with a loan. For example, see Juan Toja.