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GafferLens covers every Major League Soccer head coach in the 2026 season — 30 managers across 30 clubs. Rank them by GafferScore or current form, browse club by club, and open any profile for that manager's style of play, base shape, tactical evolution and career record.

Prototype ratings
League overview

Discovery

Highest rated

🇺🇸

Brian Schmetzer

Seattle Sounders FC

77

Best attacking manager

🇺🇸

Greg Vanney

LA Galaxy

81

Best pressing manager

🇪🇸

Martí Cifuentes

Portland Timbers

86

Best player developer

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Matt Wells

Colorado Rapids

82

Leaderboard

Major League Soccer Manager Rankings

Every Major League Soccer manager ranked by GafferScore.

Prototype dataset

Rank by

1
🇺🇸

Brian Schmetzer

Seattle Sounders FC · 3-4-2-1

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77

GafferScore

2
🇦🇷

Gerardo Martino

Atlanta United · 4-3-3

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76

GafferScore

3
🇺🇸

Pat Noonan

FC Cincinnati · 3-4-2-1

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76

GafferScore

4
🇺🇸

Greg Vanney

LA Galaxy · 4-3-3

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76

GafferScore

5
🇪🇸

Martí Cifuentes

Portland Timbers · 4-2-2-2

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76

GafferScore

6
🇳🇱

Pascal Jansen

New York City FC · 4-3-3

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75

GafferScore

7
🇺🇸

Mikey Varas

San Diego FC · 4-3-3

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75

GafferScore

8
🇩🇰

Jesper Sørensen

Vancouver Whitecaps FC · 4-3-3

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75

GafferScore

9
🇺🇸

Gregg Berhalter

Chicago Fire FC · 4-3-3

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74

GafferScore

10
🇫🇷

Laurent Courtois

Columbus Crew · 4-3-3

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73

GafferScore

11
🇺🇸

Ben Olsen

Houston Dynamo FC · 5-3-2

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73

GafferScore

12
🇺🇸

Bruce Arena

San Jose Earthquakes · 4-4-2

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73

GafferScore

13
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Dean Smith

Charlotte FC · 4-2-3-1

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72

GafferScore

14
🇺🇸

B.J. Callaghan

Nashville SC · 5-3-2

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72

GafferScore

15
🇨🇦

Marc Dos Santos

LAFC · 4-2-3-1

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72

GafferScore

16
🇨🇭

René Weiler

D.C. United · 4-4-2

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71

GafferScore

17
🇺🇸

Robin Fraser

Toronto FC · 4-2-3-1

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71

GafferScore

18
🇺🇸

Eric Quill

FC Dallas · 4-3-3

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71

GafferScore

19
🇨🇭

Raphael Wicky

Sporting Kansas City · 4-2-2-2

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71

GafferScore

20
🇷🇸

Marko Mitrović

New England Revolution · 4-2-2-2

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70

GafferScore

21
🇺🇸

Michael Bradley

Red Bull New York · 4-2-2-2

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70

GafferScore

22
🇳🇿

Cameron Knowles

Minnesota United FC · 5-3-2

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70

GafferScore

23
🇺🇸

Pablo Mastroeni

Real Salt Lake · 4-4-2

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70

GafferScore

24
🇫🇷

Yoann Damet

St. Louis CITY SC · 4-2-2-2

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70

GafferScore

25
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Matt Wells

Colorado Rapids · 4-3-3

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69

GafferScore

26
🇦🇷

Guillermo Hoyos

Inter Miami CF · 4-3-3

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68

GafferScore

27
🇺🇸

Ryan Richter

Philadelphia Union · 4-2-2-2

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68

GafferScore

28
🇦🇷

Martín Perelman

Orlando City SC · 4-2-3-1

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67

GafferScore

29
🇺🇸

Davy Arnaud

Austin FC · 5-3-2

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66

GafferScore

30
🇫🇷

Philippe Eullaffroy

CF Montréal · 4-3-3

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65

GafferScore

Movement indicators show change since the previous GafferLens ranking — prototype values.

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GafferLens

Major League Soccer Manager Rankings · United States & Canada

  1. 1
    🇺🇸

    Brian Schmetzer

    Seattle Sounders FC
    77
  2. 2
    🇦🇷

    Gerardo Martino

    Atlanta United
    76
  3. 3
    🇺🇸

    Pat Noonan

    FC Cincinnati
    76
  4. 4
    🇺🇸

    Greg Vanney

    LA Galaxy
    76
  5. 5
    🇪🇸

    Martí Cifuentes

    Portland Timbers
    76

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