MLS 2026 Season Preview! Part 1: Atlanta United, CF Montreal, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 69 minutes
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We kick off our 5-part preview of the 2026 MLS season by taking a look at the first 6 teams (alphbaetically) in the East: Atlanta United, CF Montreal, Charlotte FC, Chicago Fire, FC Cincinnati, and the Columbus Crew. We cover what last season looked like, the changes to their respective rosters, managers and tactics, key players, and even toss out some Very Specific Predictions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:23.3 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and it's that time of the year again. |
| 0:26.3 | Transfers, Gammon Tam, Leonel Messi, Hamas Rodriguez, San Hulam, Brant-Bronico. |
| 0:30.5 | The list goes on. |
| 0:31.9 | It's 2026 MLS preview time. |
| 0:34.6 | We're going through every team, reviewing last season, looking at transfers in and out, |
| 0:38.5 | breaking down managers, tactics, key players, and doing some very specific predicting. But with |
| 0:43.5 | Ryan Bailey becoming our new Dolly Parton, or at least I think that's why he's in Gatlinburg, |
| 0:47.3 | I'll be previewing and hosting today. And I'm joined by the man who introduced me to the term |
| 0:52.1 | Cashfer. It's Joe Lowry. Hello, Joe. |
| 0:54.9 | Hey, Taylor, I am stoked for this. This is one of my favorite weeks of episodes that we do here at TSS. They're just something that out of preview, right? Whether it's a World Cup preview, whether it's a season preview, hope abounds, logic escapes. This is just a good time of the year. And Joe, would you like to explain what a cash fur is while we're here? |
| 1:13.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.3 | Oh, yeah, my bad. |
| 1:14.0 | Sorry, I should have done that when you taught. escapes. This is just a good time of the year. And Joe, would you like to explain what a cash for is while we're here? |
| 1:27.5 | Yeah. Oh, yeah. My bad. Sorry, I should have done that when you tosses to me the first time. Cashfer is the term that sort of those of us in MLS circles are using for a cash trade because MLS can't be normal and just call things a transfer. We have decided to not be normal also and call it a cash transfer portmanteau to cash for. So that's what that is. Ty Burrito |
| 1:29.6 | Cashford from the Philadelphia we have decided to not be normal also and call it a cash transfer of portmanteau to cash for. |
| 1:28.5 | So that's what that is. |
| 1:29.1 | Ty Burrito, Cashford, from the Philadelphia Union to DC United. That's why I would use that in the sentence. We really need Marcus Rashford to make a Cashford. Oh, we do. That's what I'm about these days. So desperately. Well, I think of more rhymes. |
| 1:42.0 | Joining us as well, a man who is the guardian of our MLS hearts and minds, |
| 1:45.7 | while also being the Guardian's MLS mind. |
| 1:47.8 | It's JeffLS mind. |
| 1:47.8 | It's Jeff Ruter. |
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