Homegrown Priority is an MLS entrance mechanism by which an MLS club may sign an eligible player to a professional contract and add him directly to the MLS club’s first-team roster with the ...

What does this mean for your youth soccer player? USA TODAY Sports asked Albrecht and Robles, MLS NEXT’s technical director. It focuses on developing elite soccer players while providing clubs ...

MLS teams will be allowed to place up to 54 players on their youth player protected lists: 45 who play in their academy and nine who aren’t in their academy but who live in their “homegrown ...

Midfielder Stiven Jimenez became the youngest player in FC Cincinnati history in June 2023 when he made his debut in a 3-0 MLS win over Toronto FC, coming on as a late substitute for just one minute.

Advertisement It’s a well-trodden path for an aging player whose star burned brightest in Europe to finish their career in MLS. The league’s early years saw Lothar Matthaus, Roberto Donadoni ...

Unquestionably, Messi is MLS’s best player — his statistics are ridiculous and his highlights demand multiple viewings — but is he the MVP? In MLS circles, it has become a hot debate.

The Designated Player Rule was put in place by MLS for the 2007 season. Since the implementation of this rule, the landscape of Major League Soccer has changed. Part of the change is due to the ...

The average base salary for an MLS player has grown 27 percent over four years to almost a half-million dollars, yet more than a quarter of the workforce still earns less than $100,000.