News: MLS Coaching and Front Office - News & Discussion Thread 2025-26

For context, RSL sold last year valued at $600M, but that included

• Monarchs - USL team and stadium
• Utah Royals - NWSL
• Academy - campus and NEXT team

 

Ah crap. They moved in 2022 with the rest. I need more

 

"I really would say 99.5% of the metric I’m going to care about is winning. And 0.5% will be everything else.”

Peter Mallouk shared his vision for Sporting KC with me today: https://t.co/9E4cmIJ916

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) January 17, 2026

"I really would say 99.5% of the metric I’m going to care about is winning. And 0.5% will be everything else.”

Peter Mallouk shared his vision for Sporting KC with me today:

“What you’re going to see next season is a big, big financial commitment,” he said, “to do whatever it takes to build upon what we’re building upon this season. " #SportingKC https://t.co/Upwvz3ZhCc

— Chad Smith (@PlayFor90) January 18, 2026

“What you’re going to see next season is a big, big financial commitment,” he said, “to do whatever it takes to build upon what we’re building upon this season. "



For the good of MLS (and SKC fans) let's hope that's true and not just talk.

 

The great thing about sports is that everyone can have the same goal, but most of them will fail every year.

 

His previous articles are summarized thus:

"MLS sucks yah boo so there!"

 

With a lot of “Trust me, bro” on where he got the info.

 

Mine! (Say the fans of every team except Inter Miami. Because that’s what being a fan is.)

 

OK, DCU and Nashville fans, what has CITY done here?

 

He’s an assistant. That might work out.

 

Nashville did big things and not a word about his DC United tenure.

Thx,

Jay!

 

Thankfully not mine

 

Give it 10 months, you’ll see.

 

5 teams with revenue >= $100 million.

 

I did this using AI so there may be errors:


Inter Miami CF, $1.35 Billion, $205 Million, $58 Million
LAFC, $1.30 Billion, $158 Million, $14 Million
LA Galaxy, $1.08 Billion, $108 Million, $5 Million
New York City FC, $1.02 Billion, $85 Million, -$6 Million
Atlanta United, $1.00 Billion, $112 Million, $12 Million
Seattle Sounders, $860 Million, $102 Million, $6 Million
Austin FC, $840 Million, $94 Million, $5 Million
Columbus Crew, $780 Million, $82 Million, -$4 Million
D.C. United, $775 Million, $92 Million, $11 Million
FC Cincinnati, $760 Million, $80 Million, $4 Million
Toronto FC, $720 Million, $74 Million, -$10 Million
Charlotte FC, $710 Million, $84 Million, $6 Million
Philadelphia Union, $705 Million, $76 Million, -$5 Million
St. Louis City SC, $695 Million, $72 Million, $2 Million
San Diego FC, $680 Million, $65 Million, -$15 Million
Nashville SC, $660 Million, $70 Million, $1 Million
Portland Timbers, $655 Million, $68 Million, -$2 Million
New York Red Bulls, $630 Million, $62 Million, -$6 Million
Minnesota United, $615 Million, $60 Million, -$12 Million
San Jose Earthquakes, $605 Million, $58 Million, -$3 Million
Sporting Kansas City, $600 Million, $56 Million, -$4 Million
Houston Dynamo FC, $590 Million, $55 Million, -$5 Million
FC Dallas, $575 Million, $54 Million, -$8 Million
New England Revolution, $560 Million, $58 Million, $4 Million
Orlando City SC, $540 Million, $52 Million, -$3 Million
Real Salt Lake, $530 Million, $51 Million, -$2 Million
Chicago Fire FC, $525 Million, $49 Million, -$10 Million
Vancouver Whitecaps, $460 Million, $44 Million, -$8 Million
CF Montréal, $450 Million, $46 Million, -$7 Million
Colorado Rapids, $430 Million, $42 Million, -$9 Million

 

Revenue only

Inter Miami CF: $205M
LAFC: $158M
Atlanta United: $112M
LA Galaxy: $108M
Seattle Sounders: $102M
Austin FC: $94M
D.C. United: $92M
New York City FC: $85M
Charlotte FC: $84M
Columbus Crew: $82M
FC Cincinnati: $80M
Philadelphia Union: $76M
Toronto FC: $74M
St. Louis City SC: $72M
Nashville SC: $70M
Portland Timbers: $68M
San Diego FC: $65M
New York Red Bulls: $62M
Minnesota United: $60M
San Jose Earthquakes: $58M
New England Revolution: $58M
Sporting Kansas City: $56M
Houston Dynamo FC: $55M
FC Dallas: $54M
Orlando City SC: $52M
Real Salt Lake: $51M
Chicago Fire FC: $49M
CF Montréal: $46M
Vancouver Whitecaps: $44M
Colorado Rapids: $42M
Total Combined Revenue: $2,405,000,000 ($2.405 Billion)

 

And MLS is profitable (maybe thanks to the CWC)

• Profitable Teams (Total $134M): * Inter Miami ($58M), LAFC ($14M), Atlanta United ($12M), D.C. United ($11M), Seattle ($6M), Charlotte ($6M), LA Galaxy ($5M), Austin ($5M), FC Cincinnati ($4M), New England ($4M), St. Louis ($2M), Nashville ($1M), Orlando ($0M - break even).
• Teams with Operating Losses (Total -$73M): * San Diego (-$15M), Minnesota (-$12M), Toronto (-$10M), Chicago (-$10M), Colorado (-$9M), FC Dallas (-$8M), Vancouver (-$8M), CF Montréal (-$7M), NYCFC (-$6M), NY Red Bulls (-$6M), Houston (-$5M), Philadelphia (-$5M), Columbus (-$4M), Sporting KC (-$4M), San Jose (-$3M), Orlando (-$3M), Real Salt Lake (-$2M), Portland (-$2M).

 

I started a new thread https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/forbes-mls-valuations-2026.2137911/