NEW YORK (AP) – Chicago Fire midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri is Major League Soccer’s (MLS) highest-paid player, jumping past Los Angeles FC attacker Carlos Vela and breaking Zlatan Ibrahimovi?’s league record. The 30-year-old Swiss international, who joined Chicago this season from Lyon, has a base salary of USD7.35 million and total compensation of USD8,153,000, according to