Former US coach Bob Bradley received a bonus of $US400,000 ($A376,000) after the Americans won their group at the 2010 World Cup, according to US Soccer Federation tax documents seen by the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported on Tuesday that Bradley was paid almost $US942,000 ($A885,000) for a 12-month span that included the World Cup in South Africa and that captain Carlos Bocanegra was the top-paid player at $US347,600 ($A326,000).
Reasons for the bonuses for Bradley were not specified but they likely involved the US run to the last 16 before losing to Ghana. Bradley was paid $US345,000 ($A324,000) in bonuses after the US reached the 2009 Confederations Cup final.
Bradley, fired last year and replaced by German icon Jurgen Klinsmann, is coaching the Egyptian national team.
Klinsmann has a basic salary of $US2.5 million ($A2.35 million) a year through to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but incentives for qualifying and beyond were not in the documents, which covered April 2010 through March of last year.
Michael Bradley, son of the former coach, was the second best-paid player at close to $US346,000 ($A325,000) followed by forward Landon Donovan and goalkeeper Tim Howard.
Donovan’s national team income was only a fraction of the $US2.3 million ($A2.15 million) he made playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy last year when the team captured the Major League Soccer championship.
The documents showed $US4.48 million ($A4.2 million) in federation funds were spent on a failed bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cups and more than $US2.8 million ($A2.6 million) went on expenses in southern Africa, mainly on the World Cup, including housing, meals, flights and ground transportation.