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This year's MLS season begins on Saturday, with the shifting landscape of U.S. Soccer continuing to swirl all around it.

While organizations continue to plow money into the academies, it remains a tricky task for domestic teenagers to make the jump from an academy to a first-team setting. MLS NEXT Pro remains a work in progress in that regard as well.

As is tradition, TDS is revealing its Top 50 prospects to watch for in the league. To be eligible, players must be born on January 1, 2006 or after. They must have played fewer than 3,000 league minutes (in MLS), and must be signed to an MLS first-team contract. Along with that, players must be eligible for the United State, Mexico and Canada. Rankings are an attempt to project top, up-and-coming talent in the league, while also guessing which young players may make an impact in the new season.

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

Links will be added each day throughout the week, leading up to the 2025 season beginning on February 21.

Others Considered: Tomo Allen (San Jose Earthquakes), Jacob Arroyave (NYCFC), Oscar Avilez (D.C. United), Tristan Brown (Columbus Crew), Micah Burton (Austin FC), Gustavo Caraballo (Orlando City), Matthew Corcoran (Nashville SC), Riley Dalgado (LA Galaxy), Matthew Evans (Los Angeles FC), Caden Glover (St. Louis City SC), Tyler Hall (Inter Miami CF), Sawyer Jura (Portland Timbers FC), Liam Mackenzie (Vancouver Whitecaps), Luca Moisa (Real Salt Lake), Josh-Duc Nteziryayo (CF Montreal), Cristiano Oliveira (New England Revolution), Tyson Pearce (St. Louis City SC), Owen Presthus (Columbus Crew), Darius Randell (Minnesota United FC), Antonio Riquelme (Real Salt Lake), Felix Samson (CF Montreal), Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United FC), Lazar Stefanovic (Toronto FC), Caleb Swann (FC Dallas), Josh Torquato (FC Dallas), Cielo Tschantret (Sporting KC)

2026 Top 50 MLS Prospects

Chase Adams
Chris Applewhite
Drew Baiera
Nimfasha Berchimas
Luca Bombino
Dylan Borso
Snyder Brunell
Maximo Carrizo
Ademar Chávez
Stefan Chirila
Dominik Chong-Qui
Christopher Cupps
Rayan Elloumi
Zavier Gozo
Owen Graham-Roache
Colin Guske
Taha Habroune
Julian Hall
Stuart Hawkins
Aiden Hezarkhani
Ian James
Mykhi Joyner
Stefan Kapor
Adri Mehmeti
Harbor Miller
Peyton Miller
Santiago Morales
Cole Mrowka
Christopher (CJ) Olney Jr.
Van Parker
Daniel Pinter
Ruben Ramos Jr.
Seymour Reid
Tahir Reid-Brown
Andrew Rick
Kayne Rizvanovich
Tanner Rosborough
Anisse Saidi
Jonathan Shore
Nicholas Simmonds
Kaedren Spivey
Aidan Stokes
Cavan Sullivan
Tobias Szewczyk
Jude Terry
Adyn Torres
Robert Turdean
Gavin Turner
David Vazquez
Oscar Verhoeven

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