2026 MLS Midfield Ranking By Team

Just one day away from the start of the 2026 Major League Soccer season! It's time to look at the midfields in the league for the next installment of Empire Soccer Report's rankings. 

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

2026 MLS Eastern Conference Team Midfields Ranked

1. Inter Miami (Ayala - De Paul - Messi)

2. Charlotte FC (de la Torre - Westwood - Biel)

3. FC Cincinnati (Ramírez - Bucha - Evander - Nwobodo - Echenique)

4. Orlando City (Cartagena - Atuesta - Ojeda)

5. Chicago Fire (D'Avilla - Saletros - Lod)

6. New York City FC (Parks - O'Neill - Moralez)

7. Philadelphia Union (Iloski - Jean-Jacques - Lukic - Vassilev)

8. Columbus Crew (Arfsten - Chambost - Gomes? - Farsi/Herrera)

9. Red Bull New York (Donkor - Berggren - Forsberg)

10. Toronto FC (Coello/Mihailovic - Cifuentes - Osorio)

11. Nashville SC (Tagseth - Yazbek)

12. Atlanta United (Alzate - Jacob/Miranchuk - Muyumba)

13. New England (Yusuf - Raines/Polster - Gil)

14. CF Montreal (Piette - Loturi - Jaime)

15. DC United (Peglow - Hopkins - Peltola - Clark)

2026 MLS Western Conference Team Midfields Ranked

1. Vancouver Whitecaps (Cubas - Berhalter - Muller)

2. Seattle Sounders (Dotson - C. Roldan - Rusnak)

3. Los Angeles FC (Delgado - Eustaquio - Tillman)

4. San Diego FC (Tverskov - Godoy - Valakari)

5. Minnesota United (Trapp - Triantis - Pereyra)

6. LA Galaxy (Cerrillo - Sanabria - Reus)

7. Real Salt Lake (Sanabria - Spierings - Eneli - Gozo)

8. Portland Timbers (Ortiz/Chara - Bassett - Da Costa)

9. St. Louis City (Edelman/Durkin - Lowen)

10. Houston Dynamo (Artur - Bouzat/Samassekou - Bogusz)

11. FC Dallas (Kaick - Ramiro - Valiente)

12. Austin FC (Wolff - Ilie - Pereira)

13. Colorado Rapids (Atencio - Ojediran - Aaronson)

14. San Jose Earthquakes (Buck - Vieira - Leroux - Tsakiris)

15. Sporting KC (Bartlett/Berg Johnson - Davis - Garcia)

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: