2026 MLS Forward Ranking By Team

Almost there! The 2026 Major League Soccer season starts tomorrow! Now, it's time to look at the attacks for the next installment of Empire Soccer Report's rankings. 

MLS forwards ranked by team, starting with the Eastern Conference:

2026 MLS Eastern Conference Team Midfields Ranked

1. Inter Miami (Silvetti - Berterame - Allende)

2. Nashville SC (Muyl - Mukhtar - Surridge - Espinoza)

3. Columbus Crew (Gazdag - Abou Ali - Rossi)

4. FC Cincinnati (Denkey - Jabbari)

5. Chicago Fire (Bamba - Cuypers - Zinckernagel)

6. Charlotte FC (Zaha - Toklomati - Vargas/Abada)

7. New York City FC (Wolf - Magno?/Reid/Fernandez-Mercau - Fernandez-Mercau/Ojeda

8. Red Bull New York (Ruvalcaba - Choupo-Moting - Cowell)

9. Orlando City (Angulo - McGuire - Pasalic)

10. Atlanta United (Miranchuk/Lobjanidze - Latte Lath - Almiron)

11. Philadelphia Union (Damiani - Alladoh)

12. DC United (Baribo - Munteanu)

13. Toronto FC (Mihailovic - Aristizábal/Kerr/Sargent? - Salloi/Corbeanu)

14. New England Revolution (Langoni - Campana/Turgeman - Yow)

15. CF Montreal (Escobar - Owusu - Synchuk)

2026 MLS Western Conference Team Midfields Ranked

1. Los Angeles FC (Bouanga - Son - Martinez/Ordaz/Shaffelburg)

2. LA Galaxy (Paintsil - Klauss - Pec)

3. San Diego FC (Pellegrino - Ingvartsen - Dreyer)

4. Vancouver Whitecaps (Cabrera/Gauld - White - Sabbi)

5. Seattle Sounders (Ferreira/Rothrock - De Rosario/Morris - Morris/de la Vega)

6. Minnesota United (Jámes/Chancalay - Yeboah)

7. Houston Dynamo (Guilherme - Ponce - McGlynn)

8. FC Dallas (Musa - Farrington)

9. Portland Timbers (Antony - Kelsy - Velde)

10. Real Salt Lake (Luna - Olatunjia - Guilavogui)

11. Austin FC (Nelson - Uzuni/Vazquez - Torres)

12. St. Louis City (Teuchert - Becher/Jeong - Hartel)

13. San Jose Earthquakes (Judd - Werner)

14. Sporting KC (Harris - Joveljic - Suleymanov)

15. Colorado Rapids (Yapi/Ku-Dipietro - Navarro - Sealy/Manyoma)

Empire Soccer Report Episode 6 is live!

In the latest episode of Empire Soccer Report, James Birle is joined by Zach Feldman of @rbnyszn and the UnfilteRED podcast. With preseason coming to a close, James and Zach analyze the Red Bulls' performance in the Torneo de Tejas, the Wiki Carmona for Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty trade and more: