How Much Tax Do These American Soccer Players Pay?

USMNT players can earn between $330,000 to nearly $1 million from the World Cup, depending on how far the team progresses in the tournament.

FIFA does not pay players directly. Instead, they pay tournament prize money to the national federations. Thanks to a landmark 2022 collective bargaining agreement, U.S. Soccer pools 80% of the FIFA World Cup prize money and splits it equally between both the men’s and women’s national teams.

The per-player payout breakdown scales as follows:

Group Stage: ~$330,000 each
Round of 32: ~$361,000 each
Round of 16: ~$423,000 each
Quarterfinals: ~$484,000 each
Champions: ~$800,000 to ~$961,000 each

All of the team members are US citizens.  One of them, who has been in the news lately, was born in Brooklyn to Nigerian parents who were living in London but visiting the US when his mother was seven months pregnant.  Airline staff did not allow her to board the family's return flight to London due to safety concerns over the advanced state of her pregnancy.  The US Supreme Court recently confirmed that he is taxed as a US citizen.