Every year, Forbes puts out a list of MLS team valuations. Every year, they look at the publicly available numbers, presumably do a bit of reporting and then, voila, they get themselves a number that is based vaguely in truth but is mostly made up.
This year, the Seattle Sounders come in at No. 2 on this list at $295 million. That’s up about $50 million from a year ago when they were pegged as the most valuable team in MLS.
Why did they drop from the No. 1 spot? That’s rather impossible to know for sure, given the previously stated limitations of this valuation list, but the LA Galaxy did receive a nearly $75 million bump in any case.