SigningLab · Annual Report

Signing Accuracy — Major League Soccer 2025

Published on January 12, 2026

Executive Summary

350
Real signings
320
Evaluated
32%
Clubs' average hit rate
59
Successful
172
Unsuccessful

In total we identified 350 real signings by the clubs of Major League Soccer in the 2025 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 320 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 30 are youth investments (under-23 with no game time), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes in the season count as unsuccessful.

League Analysis

Champions Inter Miami posted a hit rate of 54% on signings (11 evaluated), holding 1st place in the accuracy ranking. The bottom four in the table had an average hit rate of 29% on signings — below the league average (32%), highlighting the link between recruitment quality and sporting performance.

Inter Miami leads the accuracy ranking with 54% and Austin closes the list with 6%. p. over the clubs' decisions).

Club Ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %SigningLab*
1Inter Miami1211362
54%
100%
2Chicago Fire12º1413445
46%
92%
3San Diego24249411
46%
75%
4Philadelphia Union98233
44%
62%
5Vancouver Whitecaps108233
44%
100%
6Orlando City SC14º87223
43%
71%
7New York City FC76213
42%
100%
8Nashville SC11º1211416
41%
91%
9FC Cincinnati1110325
40%
90%
10Los Angeles FC2018387
39%
89%
11San Jose Earthquakes19º1413346
38%
92%
12Minnesota United FC98305
38%
88%
13Sporting Kansas City27º88305
38%
62%
14Atlanta United FC28º1111326
36%
100%
15Columbus Crew13º87214
36%
100%
16Charlotte10º76123
33%
83%
17Toronto FC24º76123
33%
83%
18New York Red Bulls18º88215
31%
75%
19FC Dallas17º1313166
31%
100%
20Houston Dynamo22º1715258
30%
93%
21Seattle Sounders55113
30%
100%
22CF Montreal29º18161510
22%
75%
23Real Salt Lake21º1312138
21%
83%
24New England Revolution23º1515069
20%
87%
25Colorado Rapids20º1210046
20%
70%
26DC United30º1311047
18%
91%
27St. Louis City25º1111128
18%
73%
28Los Angeles Galaxy26º1210037
15%
100%
29Portland Timbers15º1110037
15%
80%
30Austin16º119018
6%
67%

* SigningLab: hit rate of SigningLab’s verdicts (recommend or not recommend) on each club’s evaluated signings, projected at the time of signing.

The difference between Signings and Evaluated are youth investments (under-23 with no game time in the season), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes are unsuccessful (Did not deliver).

Season Highlights

The ten signings with the greatest technical impact of the season, according to the Player Impact Score (PIS).

PlayerClubPosMinG+AAvg ratingRatingSigningLab
Anders DreyerSan DiegoF339623+177.86Excellent
Hirving LozanoSan DiegoF192210+97.30Excellent
Jeppe TverskovSan DiegoM33092+87.57Excellent
Marky DelgadoLos Angeles FCM27623+47.24Excellent
Rodrigo De PaulInter MiamiM14471+47.12Excellent
EvanderFC CincinnatiM311318+147.96Excellent
Jack ElliottChicago FireD31193+37.13Excellent
Philip ZinckernagelChicago FireF271215+137.49Excellent
Milan IloskiPhiladelphia UnionF7572+57.25Excellent
Julian GresselMinnesota United FCM11011+35.82Excellent

Methodology

Club assessment — the universe of signings

The report considers exclusively genuine signings for the first-team squad, identified by the player's effective incorporation into the group between seasons. Excluded from the universe are: academy promotions, loan returns, internal administrative moves and transfers recorded but never completed. The aim is to measure the quality of market decisions — and those alone.

Player Impact Score (PIS)

Each evaluated signing receives a score from 0 to 100 that combines four observable technical dimensions: individual performance (average match ratings over the season), output (goals, assists and decisive actions adjusted for game time), collective performance (starting status and correlation with the club's results) and availability (volume of matches, adjusted for interruptions). High-impact players with reduced game time are promoted through an alternative efficiency criterion.

Outcome classification

The rating tiers are: Excellent and Good (successful signings — a full point in the index), Fair (intermediate performance — half a point) and Below expectations / Did not deliver (unsuccessful signings). Two categories sit outside the calculation, for distinct reasons: Injury (a serious injury prevented a fair assessment) and Investment (an under-23 player with low game time — the return depends on development and cannot be counted for or against the club in this cycle). Signings that did not reach relevant game time in the season are classified as unsuccessful, reflecting the sporting cost of the decision.

A note on scope

This is SigningLab's public, simplified model, developed for transparent retrospective market assessment. SigningLab's commercial solutions for partner clubs use a substantially larger set of variables and dedicated predictive mechanisms, and are not fully reflected in this document.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time in the season) — outside the hit-rate calculation.

Atlanta United FC (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Miguel Almirón32271364Good
Emmanuel Latte Lath30219971Good
Mateusz Klich2179501Fair
Steven Alzate1064901Fair
Enea Mihaj1063101Good
Juan Berrocal1058000Did not deliver
William Reilly2450310Below expectations
Cayman Togashi1911300Did not deliver
Leo Afonso108500Did not deliver
Patrick Weah1800Did not deliver
Nykolas Sessock8300Did not deliver

Austin (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Myrto Uzuni30225463Below expectations
Ilie Sánchez33181010Fair
Besard Sabović34180210Below expectations
Brandon Vazquez19161550Below expectations
Nicolas Dubersarsky3674001Did not deliver
Robert Taylor2148810Did not deliver
Mateja Đorđević1033000Did not deliver
Adrián González *2000Investment
Stefan Cleveland36000Did not deliver
Riley Thomas *16000Investment
Nico Van Rijn3000Did not deliver

CF Montreal (18 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Prince-Osei Owusu342844133Good
Luca Petrasso34272924Below expectations
Victor Loturi34255420Below expectations
Dante Sealy32245091Fair
Brandan Craig30145200Below expectations
Jalen Neal1795910Fair
Hennadiy Synchuk1480010Fair
Fabian Herbers1973110Below expectations
Matthew Longstaff860501Fair
Efrain Morales650400Below expectations
Olger Escobar1346011Did not deliver
Giacomo Vrioni1041130Did not deliver
Thomas Gillier538000Below expectations
Bode Davis636100Did not deliver
Thomas Gillier536000Below expectations
Iván Jaime631901Fair
Owen Graham-Roache *2113200Investment
Emil Gazdov *3000Investment

Charlotte (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Wilfried Zaha322831105Good
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty26180202Fair
Eryk Williamson3668001Below expectations
Souleyman Doumbia1161001Did not deliver
Harry Toffolo530001Fair
David Bingham3618000Did not deliver
JahLane Forbes *1000Investment

Chicago Fire (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jack Elliott35311933Excellent
Philip Zinckernagel3427121513Excellent
Jonathan Bamba36264054Good
Samuel Rogers30170500Below expectations
Dje Tah D'Avilla28132721Fair
Leonardo Barroso20104411Fair
Joel Waterman871110Fair
Jeffrey Gal3668000Did not deliver
Rominigue Kouamé2161331Fair
Omar Gonzalez3244600Below expectations
André Franco640304Good
Samuel Williams1832800Did not deliver
Harold Osorio *4100Investment
Diego Konincks2000Did not deliver

Colorado Rapids (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Josh Atencio28178900Below expectations
Chidozie Awaziem23178301Fair
Theodore Ku-DiPietro26114812Below expectations
Ian Murphy33105700Did not deliver
Nicholas Defreitas-Hansen2790900Fair
Paxten Aaronson757110Did not deliver
Rob Holding752700Fair
Rafael Santos838112Fair
Samuel Bassett2437001Did not deliver
Noah Cobb736000Did not deliver
Alexis Manyoma *53900Investment
Ali Fadal *3000Investment

Columbus Crew (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dániel Gazdag29213543Good
Ibrahim Aliyu27123932Below expectations
Hugo Picard1279500Did not deliver
Lassi Lappalainen2449414Fair
Amar Sejdic3336400Did not deliver
Wessam Abou Ali531030Good
Luke Pruter1000Did not deliver
Malcom Palacios *0000Investment

DC United (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Kye Rowles31269100Fair
Luis Barraza33209701Fair
Brandon Servania33204402Below expectations
Peglow24170533Fair
Hosei Kijima32163220Below expectations
Jun-hong Kim2772000Below expectations
Lukas MacNaughton1771810Fair
Derek Dodson3357701Did not deliver
Randall Leal2051801Below expectations
Rida Zouhir2834300Did not deliver
Jordan Farr1224700Did not deliver
Caden Clark *613800Investment
Fidel Barajas *104200Investment

FC Cincinnati (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Evander3631131814Excellent
Lukas Engel36291304Excellent
Kevin Denkey332611161Good
Tah Anunga37172001Below expectations
Gilberto Flores33124000Fair
Ender Echenique1384411Below expectations
Kei Kamara2580700Fair
Bradley Smith2235100Did not deliver
Dominik Marczuk721700Did not deliver
Ayoub Jabbari817200Did not deliver
Andrés Dávila *0000Investment

FC Dallas (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Shaquell Kwame Moore35292432Good
Ramiro30239902Fair
Osaze Urhoghide29229920Fair
Lalas Abubakar34172810Fair
Kaick29171320Fair
Luciano Acosta21170451Fair
Anderson Julio26164861Below expectations
Pedrinho3197923Below expectations
Christian Cappis1291112Fair
Jacob Jackson834100Below expectations
Leo Chu1021210Did not deliver
Alvaro Augusto57400Did not deliver
Louicius Don Deedson62200Did not deliver

Houston Dynamo (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jonathan Bond27234000Fair
Jack McGlynn26231366Excellent
Ondrej Lingr26179433Fair
Felipe23173541Fair
Pablo Ortíz22139410Did not deliver
Júnior Urso2897811Fair
Nicolás Lodeiro2061111Fair
Antônio Carlos960410Good
Duane Holmes2057810Did not deliver
Erik Dueñas *2115901Investment
Jimmy Maurer2712000Did not deliver
Toyosi Olusanya146801Did not deliver
Sergi Santos32110Did not deliver
Diadié Samassékou4100Did not deliver
Michael Halliday *15000Investment
Damion Lowe2000Did not deliver
Tomáš Wiesner0000Did not deliver

Inter Miami (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Tadeo Allende382688202Fair
Maximiliano Falcón37243310Fair
Telasco Segovia37180094Good
Gonzalo Luján36177701Fair
Rodrigo De Paul17144714Excellent
Rocco Rios Novo36134600Fair
Baltasar Rodriguez20100632Fair
Fafà Picault3378240Fair
Mateo Silvetti946222Good
Allen Obando *1815410Investment
Rick1000Did not deliver
William Yarbrough7000Did not deliver

Los Angeles FC (20 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marky Delgado36276234Excellent
Nkosi Burgess35195600Fair
Igor24186101Fair
Artem Smoliakov35115913Fair
Ryan Porteous12100100Good
Heung-Min Son12983103Good
Jeremy Ebobisse2788951Fair
Mathieu Choinière1272810Fair
Yaw Yeboah3247810Below expectations
Cengiz Ünder1344222Fair
Frankie Amaya2744110Fair
Javairô Dilrosun643420Below expectations
Andrew Moran1033811Fair
Adam Saldana1418000Did not deliver
Jailson514100Did not deliver
Odin Thiago Holm *810500Investment
David Ochoa179000Did not deliver
Ryan Raposo194300Did not deliver
Alexandru Băluță31400Did not deliver
Cabral Carter *0000Investment

Los Angeles Galaxy (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Zanka30134901Fair
Matheus Nascimento26119532Below expectations
Lucas Sanabria2398320Fair
Elijah Wynder2996120Did not deliver
Christian Ramirez2995241Fair
Harbor Miller1264711Below expectations
Chris Rindov851500Below expectations
James Marcinkowski1227000Did not deliver
Sean Karani1000Did not deliver
Ascel Essengue *2000Investment
Thomas Musto *1000Investment
Sean Davis0000Did not deliver

Minnesota United FC (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Nicolás Romero34218405Good
Julian Gressel26110113Excellent
Owen Gene2867200Below expectations
Nectarios Triantis753332Good
Wessel Speel320000Did not deliver
Dominik Fitz716000Did not deliver
Mamadou Dieng *712200Investment
Ho-Yeon Jung189700Did not deliver
Kipp Keller1000Did not deliver

Nashville SC (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Andy Najar36284027Excellent
Edvard Sandvik Tagseth36271502Good
Jeisson Palacios34202420Excellent
Gastón Brugman33136901Good
Ahmed Qasem30124121Did not deliver
Matthew Corcoran2442200Did not deliver
Bryan Acosta2735200Fair
Wyatt Meyer1324100Did not deliver
Tate Schmitt113800Did not deliver
Ethan O'Brien2000Did not deliver
Brian Schwake36000Did not deliver
Xavier Valdez *1000Investment

New England Revolution (15 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Mamadou Fofana31257601Fair
Brayan Ceballos29257410Fair
Ilay Feingold29225933Fair
Tanner Beason34195901Fair
Leonardo Campana24165971Fair
Igniatius Ganago20158232Below expectations
Jackson Yueill3474500Below expectations
Maximiliano Urruti2562620Below expectations
Luis Díaz2543301Did not deliver
Wyatt Omsberg2840300Did not deliver
Keegan Hughes2539200Did not deliver
Dor Turgeman321231Fair
George Sharod31100Did not deliver
Alex Bono25000Did not deliver
JD Gunn1000Did not deliver

New York City FC (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Aiden O'Neill25179400Fair
Nicolás Fernández15125552Excellent
Raul Gustavo1268801Good
Tomás Romero3729300Did not deliver
Seymour Garfield-Reid *269910Investment
Sebastiano Musu41300Did not deliver
Gregory Ranjitsingh16000Did not deliver

New York Red Bulls (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting332778174Excellent
Alexander Hack31146110Good
Raheem Edwards30143700Did not deliver
Tim Parker3287210Fair
Gustav Berggren636100Did not deliver
Wiktor Bogacz2333111Did not deliver
Marcelo Morales818300Did not deliver
John McCarthy79000Did not deliver

Orlando City SC (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Marco Pašalić342671125Excellent
Eduard Atuesta29236906Good
Adrián Marín734001Below expectations
Tyrese Spicer932322Fair
Nicolás Rodríguez2225510Fair
Rick1000Did not deliver
Carlos Mercado3000Did not deliver
Hayden Sargis *0000Investment

Philadelphia Union (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jovan Lukić34278122Good
Olwethu Makhanya33234910Fair
Bruno Damiani35222081Fair
Indiana Vassilev33207352Below expectations
Milan Iloski1175725Excellent
Benjamin Bender1432900Below expectations
Ian Glavinovich526410Fair
Isaiah LeFlore *4000Investment
George Marks2000Did not deliver

Portland Timbers (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
David Da Costa35274246Below expectations
Jímer Fory29226502Fair
Kevin Kelsy36168471Fair
Joao Ortíz34113000Below expectations
Kristoffer Velde1193312Fair
Ariel Lassiter3055702Did not deliver
Omir Fernandez2647010Did not deliver
Matías Rojas838810Below expectations
Felipe Carballo212500Did not deliver
Trey Muse16000Did not deliver
Kyle Linhares *1000Investment

Real Salt Lake (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Rafael Cabral35315000Good
Sam Junqua35184611Fair
William Agada24121322Below expectations
Ariath Piol3191711Did not deliver
DeAndre Yedlin871810Fair
Victor Olatunji971040Below expectations
Rwan1164201Did not deliver
Tyler Wolff2438400Did not deliver
Johnny Russell2336020Fair
Jesus Barea2128900Did not deliver
Forster Ajago625810Did not deliver
Griffin Dillon *3000Investment
Mason Stajduhar30000Did not deliver

San Diego (24 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Anders Dreyer3833962317Excellent
Jeppe Tverskov37330928Excellent
Christopher McVey36323320Good
Carlos Santos34280900Good
Onni Valakari38278758Excellent
Luca Bombino32248813Excellent
Luca De La Torre34224551Fair
Aníbal Godoy31203611Good
Hirving Lozano301922109Excellent
Oscar Verhoeven15100300Did not deliver
Tomás Ángel2881732Below expectations
Willy Kumado2077100Did not deliver
Franco Negri3273611Fair
Amahl Pellegrino1163153Fair
Jasper Loffelsend1962201Below expectations
Pablo Sisniega3561900Below expectations
Corey Baird1251302Below expectations
Alejandro Alvarado Jr1950900Did not deliver
Milan Iloski15484101Excellent
Marcus Ingvartsen1247921Fair
Emmanuel Boateng2725200Below expectations
Hamady Diop1519000Did not deliver
Andres Reyes34300Did not deliver
Jacob Jackson7000Did not deliver

San Jose Earthquakes (14 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
David Romney34267500Fair
Cristian Arango302562133Excellent
Ian Harkes32216432Fair
Beau Lerouox34211753Good
Josef Martínez301876142Excellent
DeJuan Jones15116216Fair
Mark-Anthony Kaye33101811Fair
Reid Roberts2489900Below expectations
Max Floriani2983500Below expectations
Earl Edwards Jr.3356400Did not deliver
Ronaldo Vieira754300Did not deliver
Nick Lima2545300Did not deliver
Noel Buck *914401Investment
Francesco Montali3000Did not deliver

Seattle Sounders (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jesús Ferreira33227946Good
Kee Hee Kim20103400Below expectations
Ryan Kent1755103Fair
Osaze De Rosario1828110Did not deliver
Paul Arriola37400Did not deliver

Sporting Kansas City (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dejan Joveljić332772182Good
Jansen Miller32231501Good
Manu García27209526Good
Magomed Shapi Suleymanov33204123Below expectations
Santiago Muñoz2488032Below expectations
Mason Toye2755232Did not deliver
Andrew Brody2051600Below expectations
Alan Montes946500Below expectations

St. Louis City (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Conrad Wallem32242512Fair
Timo Baumgartl31176201Fair
Alfredo Morales26110402Below expectations
Devin Padelford1175801Below expectations
Sangbin Jeong964111Below expectations
Fallou Fall858901Good
Jaziel Orozco1153110Below expectations
Xande Silva1522500Did not deliver
Joseph Zalinsky2021700Did not deliver
Emil Jaaskelainen1000Did not deliver
Cameron Cilley1000Did not deliver

Toronto FC (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Theo Corbeanu34232562Fair
Maxime Dominguez27141601Below expectations
Ola Brynhildsen21135321Did not deliver
Djordje Mihailović1090342Excellent
Zane Monlouis1351500Did not deliver
José Cifuentes749801Fair
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint *919110Investment

Vancouver Whitecaps (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Emmanuel Sabbi32205373Fair
Daniel Rios33151742Fair
Jayden Nelson27135425Fair
Thomas Müller1078883Good
Kenji Cabrera1022620Good
Joedrick Pupe44200Did not deliver
Antoine Coupland *32110Investment
Sebastian Schonlau1000Did not deliver
Mark O'Neill *6000Investment
Adrian Zendejas8000Did not deliver