Atiba Harris : St.Kitts-Nevis’ MILLION DOLLAR Athlete

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According to Spotrac as well as recently released MLS salaries St.Kitts-Nevis International Captain and MLS Colorado Rapids player Atiba Harris bagged a cool US$150,000 in salary from the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2012 and is will up that to US$173, 275 in 2013. That means between 2012 and 2013 the young Kittitian soccer star will earn US$305,000 or EC$872,000 in the last two years alone. 
Harris’ 2012 salary was almost 10 times as much as his rookie year salary which was US$16,500. Since debuting in the MLS in 2006 his Salary has increased significantly.
• 2006: 16,500
• 2007: 30,000
• 2008: 57,000
• 2009: 62,700
• 2010: 68,970
• 2011: 77,590
• 2012: 150,000
• 2013: 173,275

The figures shown reflects his salaries since entering the MLS. This suggests that Harris has made over EC$1.3 m during his MLS career. 
Harris along with Sprint Legend Kim Collins may be the only two Kittitian born and bred athletes who have earned over a million dollars during there careers
In 2004 one year after he copped the World Championship Gold medal in the 100m , Kim Collins earned an estimated US$120,000 in prize money and appearance fees. He earned a similar amount in 2005. With a career as long and as successful as Collins it would be easy to assume that he has easily earned over EC$1Million over his long and illustrious career.
http://www.spotrac.com/mls/colorado-rapids/atiba-harris/

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