2022 Topps MLS

This is Topps' mainstream MLS release for 2022, hitting after a tumultuous year for the hobby and the company's licensing situation. It focuses on the league's biggest names and emerging talent across all 28 teams. Stars like Carlos Vela, Sebastián Driussi, and Lorenzo Insigne anchor the base set, with plenty of room for depth cards that appeal to club collectors. The set comes in blaster boxes, hobby packs, and loose product at retail, making it accessible for casual fans while still offering chase elements for serious collectors. Standard Topps design work means clean, player-focused fronts with team branding and stat boxes on the back. It's a straightforward product that captures the 2022 MLS season without too much flash. What makes this worth hunting are the parallel tiers embedded in packs. You're looking at colored parallels, numbered versions, and some autograph content depending on box configuration. Hobby packs tend to carry better odds for hits than retail blasters. Inserts vary from season preview cards to historical league retrospectives. The rookie cards matter less here than in baseball or basketball since MLS rosters turn over less dramatically, but emerging talents still hold value if they break out for national teams or Europe. If you're chasing autos, hobby boxes are the way to go. Otherwise, singles hunting on secondary markets is smarter than ripping retail blasters. MLS collectors treat this as the baseline annual product, similar to what Topps football means to Premier League fans. It's not flashy or chase-heavy like premium soccer cards, but it's the official league set and the most complete checklist available. If you're building a specific team collection or hunting particular players, buying singles beats ripping sealed product. Retail blasters work if you just want to open packs casually, but expect modest hits and mostly base cards. This plays better as a buying-singles release than a box-ripping one.