2015 Topps MLS also has a few basic inserts. Presence of the Pitch (1:6 hobby packs) have a design that resembles what you might expect from a poster. Photos for this set center on player emotion. Presence of the Pitch also has numbered autographed versions as well.

Retired stars are the focus of Admired Alumni Autographs , a new set that will carry over into other brands and releases.

Base Autographs take on the same design as the main set, only with a stickered signature. These have three levels of parallels numbered to 25 or less.

The 2015 Topps MLS base set has 200 cards that highlight veterans and young players from all 21 of the growing league's teams. Subsets spotlight venues as well as 24 of the top players under the age of 24. Numbered parallels include Purple, Gold (#/25), Black (#/10), hobby-exclusive Printing Plates and Red (1/1). Select cards also have All-Star Short Prints , photo variations from the 2014 All-Star Game.

For a base brand, Topps' MLS line has a lot of autographs and memorabilia. This doesn't change with 2015 Topps MLS Major League Soccer, which has an autographed relic, a pair of autographs and two additional relics to go alongside a decent-sized main set and several inserts.

101 Steve Clark - Columbus Crew SC 102 Patrick Nyarko - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 103 Sam Cronin - San Jose Earthquakes 104 Sebastien Le Toux - Philadelphia Union 105 Jackson - Toronto FC 106 Luis Garrido - Houston Dynamo 107 Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids 108 Chris Rolfe - D.C. United 109 Matt Hedges - FC Dallas 110 David Ousted - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 111 Clint Irwin - Colorado Rapids 112 Victor Ulloa - FC Dallas 113 Stefan Frei - Seattle Sounders FC 114 Tony Beltran - Real Salt Lake 115 Tommy Thompson - San Jose Earthquakes 116 Fanendo Adi - Portland Timbers 117 Diego Chara - Portland Timbers 118 Blas Perez - FC Dallas 119 Fatai Alashe - San Jose Earthquakes RC 120 Andrew Wenger - Philadelphia Union 121 Jaime Penedo - LA Galaxy 122 Felipe Martins - Montreal Impact 123 Ned Grabavoy - New York City FC 124 Luis Silva - D.C. United 125 Steven Beitashour - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 126 Kenny Cooper - Seattle Sounders FC 127 Clarence Goodson - San Jose Earthquakes 128 Brad Davis - Houston Dynamo 129 Peguy Luyindula - New York Red Bulls 130 Fabian Espindola - D.C. United 131 Nick Besler - Portland Timbers RC 132 Charlie Davies - New England Revolution 133 Brek Shea - Orlando City SC 134 Quincy Amarikwa - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 135 Boniek Garcia - Houston Dynamo 136 Federico Higuain - Columbus Crew SC 137 Brad Evans - Seattle Sounders FC 138 Pedro Morales - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 139 Andrew Jacobson - New York City FC 140 Rodney Wallace - Portland Timbers 141 Luke Moore - Toronto FC 142 Jermaine Jones - New England Revolution 143 Nick Hagglund - Toronto FC 144 Tim Parker - Vancouver Whitecaps FC RC 145 Ignacio Maganto - LA Galaxy RC 146 Akeil Barrett - Orlando City SC RC 147 Dzenan Catic - Philadelphia Union RC 148 Steve Birnbaum - D.C. United 149 Dan Metzger - D.C. United RC 150 Cristian Roldan - Seattle Sounders FC RC 151 Boyd Okwuonu - Real Salt Lake RC 152 Connor Hallisey - Sporting Kansas City RC 153 Andy Thoma - Portland Timbers RC 154 Skylar Thomas - Toronto FC RC 155 Erick Torres - Houston Dynamo 156 Fabian Castillo - FC Dallas 157 Gyasi Zardes - LA Galaxy 158 Diego Fagundez - New England Revolution 159 Mauro Diaz - FC Dallas 160 Joao Plata - Real Salt Lake 161 Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake 162 Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew SC 163 Bill Hamid - D.C. United 164 Dillon Powers - Colorado Rapids 165 Kekuta Manneh - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 166 Amobi Okugo - Orlando City SC 167 Andrew Farrell - New England Revolution 168 Matias Laba - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 169 Kelyn Rowe - New England Revolution 170 Harry Shipp - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 171 Perry Kitchen - D.C. United 172 Shane O'Neill - Colorado Rapids 173 Deshorn Brown - Colorado Rapids 174 Olmes Garcia - Real Salt Lake 175 Gershon Koffie - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 176 Tesho Akindele - FC Dallas 177 Russell Teibert - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 178 Dom Dwyer - Sporting Kansas City 179 Bobby Boswell - D.C. United 180 Aurelien Collin - Orlando City SC 181 Nick Rimando - Real Salt Lake 182 Graham Zusi - Sporting Kansas City 183 Omar Gonzalez - LA Galaxy 184 Sean Franklin - D.C. United 185 Michael Bradley - Toronto FC 186 Obafemi Martins - Seattle Sounders FC 187 Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake 188 Maurice Edu - Philadelphia Union 189 Liam Ridgewell - Portland Timbers 190 Osvaldo Alonso - Seattle Sounders FC 191 Michael Parkhurst - Columbus Crew SC 192 Matt Besler - Sporting Kansas City 193 Chad Marshall - Seattle Sounders FC 194 Clint Dempsey - Seattle Sounders FC 195 Jon Kempin - Sporting Kansas City 196 Will Johnson - Portland Timbers 197 Diego Valeri - Portland Timbers 198 Saad Abdul-Salaam - Sporting Kansas City 199 Robbie Keane - LA Galaxy 200 Bradley Wright-Phillips - New York Red Bulls

1 Jozy Altidore - Toronto FC 2 Chris Wingert - New York City FC 3 Maximiliano Urruti - Portland Timbers 4 Justin Morrow - Toronto FC 5 Waylon Francis - Columbus Crew SC 6 Bobby Shuttleworth - New England Revolution 7 DaMarcus Beasley - Houston Dynamo 8 Danny Mwanga - Orlando City SC 9 David Villa - New York City FC RC 10 Donovan Ricketts - Orlando City SC 11 Drew Moor - Colorado Rapids 12 Fabinho - Philadelphia Union 13 Darren Mattocks - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 Eric Alexander - New York Red Bulls 15 Joseph Bendik - Toronto FC 16 Nick DeLeon - D.C. United 17 Seth Sinovic - Sporting Kansas City 18 Je-Vaughn Watson - FC Dallas 19 Gaston Fernandez - Portland Timbers 20 Marco Pappa - Seattle Sounders FC 21 Raymon Gaddis - Philadelphia Union 22 Sheanon Williams - Philadelphia Union 23 Jonathan Osorio - Toronto FC 24 Gonzalo Pineda - Seattle Sounders FC 25 Zach Loyd - FC Dallas 26 Will Bruin - Houston Dynamo 27 Alvaro Saborio - Real Salt Lake 28 Patrick Mullins - New York City FC 29 Hassoun Camara - Montreal Impact 30 Matt Watson - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 31 Roy Miller - New York Red Bulls 32 Vincent Nogueira - Philadelphia Union 33 Juninho - LA Galaxy 34 Victor Bernardez - San Jose Earthquakes 35 Dan Gargan - LA Galaxy 36 Andres Romero - Montreal Impact 37 George John - New York City FC 38 Ignacio Piatti - Montreal Impact 39 Jorge Claros - Sporting Kansas City 40 Jeb Brovsky - New York City FC 41 Luis Robles - New York Red Bulls 42 A.J. DeLaGarza - LA Galaxy 43 Luke Mulholland - Real Salt Lake 44 Javier Morales - Real Salt Lake 45 Tony Cascio - Orlando City SC 46 Chris Pontius - D.C. United 47 Mike Magee - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 48 Justin Mapp - Montreal Impact 49 Alan Gordon - LA Galaxy 50 Chris Wondolowski - San Jose Earthquakes 51 Eddie Johnson - D.C. United 52 Lamar Neagle - Seattle Sounders FC 53 Dilly Duka - Montreal Impact 54 David Horst - Houston Dynamo 55 Mix Diskerud - New York City FC RC 56 Chris Schuler - Real Salt Lake 57 Tony Tchani - Columbus Crew SC 58 Dominic Oduro - Toronto FC 59 Bryan Rochez - Orlando City SC RC 60 Justin Meram - Columbus Crew SC 61 Jeff Larentowicz - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 62 Paulo Nagamura - Sporting Kansas City 63 Baggio Husidic - LA Galaxy 64 Dax McCarty - New York Red Bulls 65 Erik Hurtado - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 66 Jorge Villafana - Portland Timbers 67 Matt Polster - Chicago Fire Soccer Club RC 68 Lovel Palmer - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 69 Cristian Maidana - Philadelphia Union 70 Marlon Hairston - Colorado Rapids 71 Ricardo Clark - Houston Dynamo 72 Patrice Bernier - Montreal Impact 73 Jack McInerney - Montreal Impact 74 Andy Rose - Seattle Sounders FC 75 Marcelo Sarvas - LA Galaxy 76 Jordan Stewart - San Jose Earthquakes 77 Gilberto - Toronto FC 78 Davy Arnaud - D.C. United 79 Steven Lenhart - San Jose Earthquakes 80 Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi - San Jose Earthquakes 81 Teal Bunbury - New England Revolution 82 Sebastian Velasquez - New York City FC 83 Jose Goncalves - New England Revolution 84 Robbie Rogers - LA Galaxy 85 Ethan Finlay - Columbus Crew SC 86 Benny Feilhaber - Sporting Kansas City 87 Stefan Ishizaki - LA Galaxy 88 Khiry Shelton - New York City FC RC 89 Lloyd Sam - New York Red Bulls 90 Chad Barrett - Seattle Sounders FC 91 Sean Johnson - Chicago Fire Soccer Club 92 Kofi Sarkodie - Houston Dynamo 93 Romario Williams - Montreal Impact RC 94 Michel - FC Dallas 95 Vicente Sanchez - Colorado Rapids 96 Kaka - Orlando City SC RC 97 Giles Barnes - Houston Dynamo 98 Shea Salinas - San Jose Earthquakes 99 Darlington Nagbe - Portland Timbers 100 Lee Nguyen - New England Revolution

Product Review

2015 Topps MLS Product Review

Reviewed by Trey Treutel

Good: Five hits per box, SuperDraft rookies return, better overall designs, David Villa autographs.

Bad: Thin stock, no jumbo relics, sticker autographs.

The Bottom Line: While the overall look of the product takes a step forward and the inclusion of the SuperDraft rookies addresses a main complaint from last year, 2015 Topps MLS drops a relic hit per box compared to the last two years and struggles to justify the hobby box cost given the checklist of sticker autographs and small relic cards.

Staff Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

Card Design: 3.5/5.0

Compared to the paint smear design of 2014 Topps MLS, the 2015 base design is largely simple and hard to complain about. However, the white-lined text choice and orientation is not ideal and I personally don't care for it mainly because it harder to read. Purists may not care for the RC designation found on the cards for Kaka and Mix Diskerud, among others.

Also, it is worth noting the full checklist is basically split into three groups. Normal base feature the club crest, while all the All-Star players feature a 2014 All-Star logo and the 24 Under 24 only include the Adidas 24 Under 24 logo. The players in each group are only available in that specific card format. I think it would have been better to just stick with the team logo on each card as that is what fans care about most.

Parallels are somewhat disappointing as they are very easy to miss and seemingly add very little to the product. The All-Star base variations feature a consistent theme and are easy to spot. To me, this is a good thing. Also, they are not incredibly tough to pull, and drop around 1:2 boxes. This could make for a enjoyable chase for those that are inclined.

The inserts offer some variety, but come across as mostly uninspired. The MLS Mini are some of the most common and are little more than a colored pencil sketch of a particular soccer play. I feel like these add nothing. While it is hardly a new concept, the Gameday Heritage do offer some impressive images of the various fan bases. Also, the Presence of the Pitch inserts have a fresh look and are probably the best design in the product. But the large text at the top feels a little cluttered.

The base autograph hits are simply base parallels with a sticker autograph so they are not that impressive in-hand. It is nice that the base relics are numbered and noted as game-used.

Checklist: 3.0/5.0

The checklist is okay and most of the bigger names are found. David Villa is a big signer and is joined by Dempsey, Bradley, Besler and many others. Overall, the autograph checklist is quite large and while fans of the MLS may recognize most of the names, the values are minimal for the majority of the checklist. Also, the high profile additions to the MLS are not included and this hurts the product. Kaka and Sebastian Giovinco are both names that collectors would have liked to have seen in the 2015 Topps MLS autograph checklist.

It is odd that players that changed teams months before the season started or even left the MLS entirely are still included with outdated information. Also, two of the five autograph sets (Admired Alumni & MLS Personalities) only have five total cards combined. I am not sure if a bunch of subjects did not return cards or what, but it certainly comes across poorly.

Value: 2.0/5.0

Without any big pull potential, value is very tough to find in 2015 Topps MLS at the current prices. While David Villa is a nice possibility, even his signed cards are not enough to cover the box. The removal of the sixth hit and the jumbo relics also hurts the overall value as these were some of the most popular cards from last year. At around $100 per box, there are certain expectations and the format makes it hard to ever meet that.

The Fun Factor: 3.5/5.0

If you enjoy the MLS, the pure collecting aspect can make it more fun. So, for me, this is a fun break with some flaws. Hits are fun and so are short prints, especially when you immediately know that you hit one. Unfortunately for collectors, values and interest for the MLS pales in comparison to the bigger European leagues. While this is not new information, it would be nice if the pricing was more in line with the actual value of the product.

The box used for this review was provided by Topps.