The 2024 Major League Soccer season kicks off this week on February 21.

TDS returns with a look at the Top 50 prospects in the league. There has been substantial improvement in the league's ability to identify and setup young players on a pathway to success, even if there is ample room to grow.

This year's list follows the following criteria: players must be eligible to play for the United States or Canada, played less than 3,000 MLS minutes, have an MLS contract and are born January 1, 2004 or after. That means a young player like Caleb Wiley, who would be high on this list, over the minutes threshold. Players under an MLS contract but loaned out are also eligible. As always, it's an attempt to identify the top prospects under contract that have bright futures, balanced with projecting contributions in the upcoming season.

Below is a list of the Top 50 prospects that made the list, in alphabetical order, plus 20 others that were eligible and received consideration. An article will be released each day this week from Monday through Friday.

Top 50 Rankings: Nos. 41-50 | 31-40 | 21-30 | 11-20 | 1-10

Others Considered: Cody Baker (Seattle Sounders FC), Micah Burton (Austin FC), Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids), Luke Brennan (Atlanta United), Ozzie Cisneros (Sporting KC), Noah Cobb (Atlanta United), Chance Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes), Bajung Darboe (LAFC), Duran Ferree (San Diego FC), Tyler Hall (Inter Miami CF), Stiven Jimenez (FC Cincinnati), Sawyer Jura (Portland Timbers FC), Favian Loyola (Orlando City SC), Edwyn Mendoza (San Jose Earthquakes), Jack Neeley (Charlotte FC), Nolan Norris (FC Dallas), Tyson Pearce (St. Louis City SC), Tahir Reid-Brown (Orlando City SC), Brian Romero (Charlotte FC), Alejandro Urzua (FC Dallas)

2024 Top 50 MLS Prospects

Matai Akinmboni
Davi Alexandre
Noah Allen
Drew Baiera
Esmir Bajraktarevic
Reed Baker-Whiting
Fidel Barajas
Gavin Beavers
Nimfasha Berchimas
Israel Boatwright
Christopher Brady
Noel Buck
Antonio Carrera
Maximo Carrizo
Brandan Craig
Benjamin Cremaschi
Bento Estrela
Kristian Fletcher
Wayne Frederick
Alex Freeman
Caden Glover
Taha Habroune
Julian Hall
Stuart Hawkins
Jackson Hopkins
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
Christian McFarlane
Cruz Medina
Peyton Miller
Santiago Morales
Jacob Murrell
Serge Ngoma
Emmanuel Ochoa
Nathan Ordaz
Jack Panayotou
Brooklyn Raines
Nathan Saliba
Jonathan Shore
Adem Sipic
Kimani Stewart-Baynes
Aidan Stokes
Quinn Sullivan
Adyn Torres
Niko Tsakiris
Obed Vargas
Oscar Verhoeven
Jude Wellings
Owen Wolff
Zidane Yanez
Darren Yapi

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