With more than 30,000 players, 2025 MLS NEXT Fest kicks off on December 4 and will mark the largest youth soccer scouting and talent identification event in the United States. MLS NEXT Fest is the ...

MLS NEXT Fest is the premier winter showcase event in North American youth soccer and returns to Arizona, where it will run from December 4-15. The 12-day event will include 1,474 teams from more than ...

The 2025-26 MLS NEXT season will be the sixth in the program’s history and feature the top youth players in North America competing in league play, as well as five premier national and international ...

Chattanooga FC announced today its seven-member technical staff ahead of its inaugural season in MLS NEXT. Three elite boys teams—U13, U14 and U15—will compete in the top youth soccer development ...

Alfonso Mondelo was 13 years old when he arrived in the United States from Spain in 1971. "Soccer was almost nonexistent," he tells USA TODAY Sports. "You had to go chase it." Your desire to see the ...

MLS NEXT Pro was launched in order to complete the player pathway between MLS NEXT and MLS first teams, thereby bridging the gap between the youth platforms and the professional ranks. Since then, the ...

For Luis Robles, change is just fine. The Technical Director of MLS NEXT wants to be on the cutting edge of things as he tries to figure out how American soccer can solve its problem with player ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland Timbers announced Wednesday that defender August Nystrom will represent the Rose City at the 2025 MLS NEXT All-Star Game on July 21. He leads the Timbers Academy ...

The news didn’t register immediately for Zach Cielewich. Cielewich, the goalkeeper for Baltimore Armour of MLS NEXT, had just finished his last game for the club — a national quarterfinals loss in ...