Manage an MLS club — free in your browser
Take any of the 30 clubs in MLS through a full season — squads, transfers, contracts and cups, 795 players deep. Free in your browser, nothing to install.
30 clubs · 795 players · average rating 65.1 · average age 25.8. The strongest squad on paper is Inter Miami, and the highest-rated player in the division is L. Messi (89) of Inter Miami.
Every MLS club you can take over
Squad strength is the average rating of a club's best eleven — it shows who starts as favourites, and who you would be taking on as a rebuild.
| Club | Code | Squad | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter Miami | INM | 26 | 76.3 |
| Los Angeles FC | LOF | 24 | 73.0 |
| Chicago Fire | CHF | 25 | 72.8 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | VAF | 26 | 72.7 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | SEA | 25 | 72.7 |
| New York City FC | NEF | 30 | 72.6 |
| LA Galaxy | LAG | 26 | 72.5 |
| Nashville SC | NAS | 29 | 72.3 |
| Orlando City SC | ORS | 23 | 72.0 |
| Charlotte FC | CHC | 25 | 72.0 |
| Columbus Crew | COA | 30 | 71.7 |
| Houston Dynamo | HOD | 25 | 71.7 |
| Toronto FC | TOA | 28 | 71.7 |
| FC Cincinnati | CIC | 26 | 71.6 |
| New England Revolution | NER | 26 | 71.4 |
| Real Salt Lake | REL | 30 | 71.3 |
| Portland Timbers | POT | 25 | 71.2 |
| San Diego FC | SAF | 28 | 71.1 |
| Atlanta United | ATU | 25 | 70.9 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | SAE | 30 | 70.9 |
| Minnesota United FC | MIB | 30 | 70.5 |
| Philadelphia Union | PHU | 25 | 70.4 |
| FC Dallas | DAD | 30 | 70.2 |
| Austin FC | AUF | 24 | 70.0 |
| DC United | DCU | 23 | 69.9 |
| Colorado Rapids | COR | 27 | 69.7 |
| St. Louis CITY SC | STS | 27 | 68.9 |
| New York Red Bulls | NEB | 28 | 68.8 |
| CF Montréal | CFM | 25 | 68.4 |
| Sporting Kansas City | SPA | 24 | 67.7 |
MLS 2026/27: who to manage
- To win straight away: Inter Miami, the strongest best eleven in the division (76.3).
- The deepest squad: Columbus Crew, whose players 12 to 18 average 67.6, so injuries and rotation hurt least.
- The long project: Sporting Kansas City, with the youngest top 18 (average age 24.9).
- A mid-table rebuild: Real Salt Lake, right in the middle on paper.
- The survival job: Sporting Kansas City, the weakest squad (67.7). Staying up is a good season.
The best players in MLS
These are the names that decide matches in this division, whether you inherit them or have to go and buy them. Ratings follow EA Sports FC 27. BALLKNW is unofficial and not affiliated with EA Sports.
| Player | Club | Position | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Messi | Inter Miami | Midfielder | 39 | 89 |
| R. Lewandowski | Chicago Fire | Forward | 38 | 84 |
| A. Griezmann | Orlando City SC | Forward | 35 | 84 |
| Casemiro | Inter Miami | Midfielder | 34 | 83 |
| R. De Paul | Inter Miami | Midfielder | 32 | 83 |
| H. Son | Los Angeles FC | Forward | 34 | 81 |
| T. Müller | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Midfielder | 36 | 80 |
| D. Bouanga | Los Angeles FC | Forward | 31 | 79 |
MLS wonderkids worth signing early
Players aged 21 or under with the most room left to grow. Sign them before their value catches up with their potential and you fund a decade of the rebuild.
| Player | Club | Age | Now | Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Sullivan | Philadelphia Union | 16 | 67 | 97 |
| Tiago Souza | Orlando City SC | 21 | 67 | 87 |
| M. dos Santos | New York Red Bulls | 18 | 63 | 85 |
| E. Aristizábal | Toronto FC | 21 | 65 | 84 |
| V. Parker | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 55 | 83 |
| A. Hezarkhani | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 61 | 83 |
Where MLS players come from
40% of players here are from United States, with the rest drawn from 87 other nations — a home core with a real import market on top.
| Nation | Players | Share of division |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 321 | 40.4% |
| Canada | 51 | 6.4% |
| Brazil | 33 | 4.2% |
| Argentina | 28 | 3.5% |
| Colombia | 22 | 2.8% |
What MLS is like to manage in
The average age across the division is 25.8, which puts it mid-table for experience: a few veterans to move on, a core with years left. A 8.5-point spread between the best and worst first elevens leaves room for a mid-table side to gatecrash the top four. With 157 players aged 21 or under who still have real growth in them, it is one of the better divisions in the game to buy young and sell high.
The board sets a finishing position, and the rest is yours: tactics, selection, the transfer window, contracts, the academy and the cups. Miss the target badly enough and you are sacked. Your save lives in your own browser, with nothing to install and nobody to sign up to.
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Common questions
Can I manage an MLS club for free?
Yes. All 30 MLS clubs are playable in Gaffa at no cost — there is no download, no paid tier and no account needed to start. Pick a club, set your tactics, work the transfer market and simulate the season in your browser.
Which MLS clubs are in the game?
Every club in the division: Inter Miami, Los Angeles FC, Chicago Fire, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Seattle Sounders FC, New York City FC and 24 more. Each carries a full squad, so MLS has 795 players in total.
Do I need an account to save my MLS season?
Not at first. The season is stored locally in the browser you played it in, so returning on the same device carries on where you stopped. After two days, a free account is needed to start the next season.
Take an MLS club to the top
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