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MLS Power Rankings: Nashville displaces LAFC, Caps to go No. 1
It’s Monday, MLS action is back, and it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.
Who looks the strongest? Who’s in for a long year? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 5 to come up with this week’s order. Let’s dive in.
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Previous ranking: 3
It was a dream week for Nashville SC, building upon their elimination of Lionel Messi and Inter Miami during the week in Concacaf Champions Cup play with a 5-0 thrashing of Orlando City at the weekend. Sam Surridge netted a hat trick, taking him to seven goals and an early lead in the Golden Boot race.
Previous ranking: 2
While LAFC was able to create more chances than Austin FC in a 0-0 draw, they couldn’t find a truly dangerous opportunity to beat opposing goalkeeper Brad Stuver. It was a long travel week after a Concacaf Champions Cup triumph in Costa Rica, so LAFC will appreciate the upcoming international break.
Previous ranking: 1
In the stretch of four days, the Caps were eliminated from the Concacaf Champions Cup, then fell 1-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes at home. The sky isn’t falling: It’s their first defeat of the season, and both Thomas Muller and Sebastian Berhalter came into the match as substitutes, but the exuberance from last week’s 6-0 win over Minnesota United has faded.
Previous ranking: 5
It was hardly the prettiest free kick of Lionel Messi’s career, but Inter Miami won’t care. The Argentine scored the equalizer, and Micael’s header in the 74th minute ended up being the winner in a 3-2 victory over NYCFC.
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Lionel Messi scores as Inter Miami downs NYCFC
Inter Miami grabs the 3-2 win as Lionel Messi finds the back of the net in the second half.
Previous ranking: 4
What was a chance for three points turned into a mission to hang onto one, but San Diego accomplished that mission with a 2-2 draw against Real Salt Lake. Despite a late goal conceded and a red card before stoppage time, SDFC stayed undefeated to bounce back from a midweek loss to Toluca in Concacaf Champions Cup action.
Previous ranking: 7
A Beau Leroux stunner just before the halftime break was enough for the Quakes to return to winning ways with a 1-0 triumph over the Vancouver Whitecaps. It’s the fourth clean sheet this season for San Jose, who will be a contender if they can keep defending this well.
Previous ranking: 6
Fresh off a CCC series win over the Vancouver Whitecaps, the Sounders traveled to Minnesota and came away with a point in a 0-0 contest. They also had some decent chances, but couldn’t beat Minnesota United goalkeeper Drake Callender.
Previous ranking: 8
Victor Olatunji popped up at the back post to finish off a cross in the 85th minute and secure a 2-2 road draw for Real Salt Lake against San Diego FC in the Sunday nightcap. While it ends a stretch of three straight wins, it’s another result that will convince RSL fans that Pablo Mastroeni has a team that will be in the hunt this season.
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San Diego FC vs. Real Salt Lake – Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from San Diego FC vs. Real Salt Lake, 03/22/2026
Previous ranking: 9
Nico Fernandez scored his fifth goal of the season and Agustin Ojeda put NYCFC ahead against Inter Miami in the 59th minute. But Messi struck just after that goal, and NYCFC fell 3-2. It’s a result that snaps a three-game winning streak and is the first loss of the season for the Pigeons.
Previous ranking: 11
FC Dallas is creating a bad habit of falling behind and letting Petar Musa bring them back, but it worked once again in a 4-3 rivalry win over the Houston Dynamo. A Logan Farrington double had FCD up 2-0 early, but three goals conceded in five minutes meant Musa was needed as a halftime sub, and he found the winning goal.
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FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo – Game Highlights
Watch the Game Highlights from FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo, 03/21/2026
Previous ranking: 12
James Rodriguez had a better time in his second MLS match than his first, but the Loons still weren’t able to earn three points, settling for a 0-0 result against the visiting Seattle Sounders. A positive: James created two chances in 13 minutes of play in his home debut.
Previous ranking: 13
Joao Klauss scored in the 30th minute, 10 minutes after suffering a foul that drew a red card, but the LA Galaxy couldn’t find a second and left Portland with a 1-1 draw against the Timbers. It’s a long way from Jamaica, where the Galaxy won in CCC play during the week, but they’ll need to be crisper with Toluca looming in the quarterfinals.
Previous ranking: 10
It’s fair to say the sheen has come off the young Red Bulls, who fell 6-1 to Charlotte FC on Saturday and are now winless in their last three. Four of those goals came after Gustav Berggren was sent off for a second yellow earned by pulling down Idan Toklomati, but it still was a night to forget.
Previous ranking: 14
Just when it looked like FC Cincinnati was going to suffer a fourth consecutive MLS defeat, Tom Barlow and Kévin Denkey came to the rescue with late goals that pushed FCC to a 4-3 win over CF Montreal. It may somewhat soften the blow of the 5-1 loss they took to Tigres during the week that saw them eliminated from CCC play.
Previous ranking: 15
Hugo Cuypers and Jonathan Bamba got on the scoresheet for the Fire in a 2-1 road win over the Philadelphia Union, and the team kept creating chances even after Philip Zinckernagel went off with a head injury just after the half-hour mark. All good signs for Gregg Berhalter’s club.
Previous ranking: 17
Charlotte enjoyed a goal explosion, thumping the New York Red Bulls 6-1 to extend their unbeaten run to three matches. Pep Biel had an early assist and scored from a low free kick after the Red Bulls went down to 10 men in the 53rd minute.
Previous ranking: 18
An early goal by the visitors seemed to snap St. Louis City to attention, as Yoann Damet’s side ran off three unanswered goals in a 3-1 victory over the New England Revolution. The win, capped by Marcel Hartel’s must-see half-volley from distance, snapped a three-match losing run from St. Louis.
Previous ranking: 19
A late push was rewarded with an 83rd-minute goal from Walker Zimmerman, who headed in a corner from Djordje Mihailovic to give TFC a 2-1 win over the Columbus Crew. That makes it seven points from five matches this season: a modest return, perhaps, but it took them nine weeks to hit the same mark in 2025.
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Walker Zimmerman’s fine header wins it for Toronto
Walker Zimmerman rises to the moment to score the winner for Toronto over Columbus.
Previous ranking: 16
The Dynamo tasted a frustrating 4-3 defeat in a Texas Derby contest, taking a 3-2 lead into the halftime break after a wild first half, but ultimately unable to head back down I-45 with even a point. Erik Sviatchenko’s second yellow card in the 68th minute came just after substitutions, making it all the more difficult to rescue anything from the contest.
Previous ranking: 20
Rapids matches this season look to promise plenty of goals, and this weekend it was the Rapids themselves who delivered them in a 4-1 win at Sporting Kansas City. Paxton Aaronson scored twice and also had a hockey assist in a performance that hinted at big potential for an attacking unit led by him, Darren Yapi and Rafael Navarro.
Previous ranking: 22
D.C. United settled for a drab draw with Atlanta United, returning home after a 0-0 result that saw D.C. try just four shots, and only two inside the box. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson will be pleased with his second clean sheet of the season.
Previous ranking: 24
The good news for Austin FC? They were able to keep LAFC’s powerful attack from finding the back of the net. The bad news? Those creativity issues that have dogged them for the last two years are still present, and they couldn’t score in a 0-0 stalemate.
Previous ranking: 29
While the Timbers conceded after going a man down thanks to Kamal Miller’s red card, they were able to limit the damage and see out a 1-1 draw with the LA Galaxy. James Pantemis made six saves to help Portland hold on.
Previous ranking: 26
After winning 6-1 last time out, the Revs took an early lead thanks to a 14th-minute strike by Ilay Feingold. But they couldn’t make it stick, falling 3-1 to St. Louis City SC.
Previous ranking: 21
An early goal from Wessam Abou Ali had Columbus hoping it would be able to secure a first win of the season, and Diego Rossi nearly doubled the lead with a shot off the post in the 52nd minute. But the Crew conceded twice in the second half and fell 2-1 to Toronto FC. Though the coach just arrived in the winter, it’s not too early to wonder if Henrik Rydstrom is already on the hot seat.
Previous ranking: 28
One step forward, two steps … sideways? The week after the first win of the campaign, Tata Martino’s Atlanta United offered little in a scoreless home draw with D.C. United, putting just three shots on target.
Previous ranking: 23
Bidding farewell to Oscar Pareja certainly hasn’t solved Orlando’s issues. Two weeks after making a managerial change after a 5-0 defeat, it was another loss by the same scoreline as the Lions were dominated by Nashville SC. Antoine Griezmann’s reported arrival would help, but there’s much to be done.
Previous ranking: 25
The Union are the defending Supporters’ Shield champions but look very far from a trophy right now. A 2-1 loss to the Chicago Fire could’ve been even worse had the visitors been more efficient. Out of the Concacaf Champions Cup and sitting on a 0W-5L-0D record in league play, Alejandro Bedoya called it the “worst rut” he’s seen during his decade-long run in Chester.
Previous ranking: 27
While Shapi Suleymanov was able to respond to the Colorado Rapids’ opener, SKC didn’t have any answer for the visitors in the second half of a 4-1 defeat. The loss plummets SKC into the Western Conference basement.
Previous ranking: 30
Montreal was up a goal and up a man on FC Cincinnati in the 64th minute but managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a 4-3 loss Sunday. That’s not the way to climb out of the bottom spot in the power rankings.
The final day of the second round of the 2026 women’s NCAA tournament is underway. We’re tracking every game as the regional semifinals take shape.
Here is ESPN’s guide to all the Day 4 results, with analysis from reporters of how each game was won, and our experts’ takes on each winner’s chances to advance to the Elite Eight.
How Louisville won: The Cardinals lost five games at home this season, and Alabama almost made it six Monday. Louisville did just enough to hold off the Crimson Tide despite leaving the door open: The Cardinals were just 8-of-16 from the free throw line and 7-of-26 from behind the 3-point arc, while Alabama was 4-of-4 from the stripe and 12-of-26 from 3. But Louisville also controlled the boards 41-24 and was called for just 10 fouls to Alabama’s 21.
Louisville’s Tajianna Roberts and Elif Istanbulluoglu each had 18 points, and Laura Ziegler had 12. The Cardinals have advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 13th time and head to the Fort Worth Regional. On the other side, freshman Ace Austin had 17 points to lead Alabama, which was trying to make the program’s first Sweet 16 since 1998. Instead, the Crimson Tide end their season at 24-11.
Louisville’s Sweet 16 opponent: (2) Michigan
How Louisville can advance to the Elite Eight: The Cardinals face a Michigan team that cruised in its first two tournament games, beating Holy Cross by 35 and NC State by 29. Sophomore standouts Olivia Olson (27 points against the Wolfpack) and Syla Swords (26) have posed challenges for defenders all season, and the Cardinals will need to figure out some way to keep them from taking over the game. Louisville didn’t guard the 3-point line against Alabama as well as it wanted to, and it can’t afford to give the Wolverines those kinds of looks. Louisville is looking for its ninth trip to the Elite Eight, while Michigan seeks its second. — Michael Voepel
Zinedine Zidane will succeed Didier Deschamps as France national team head coach in the summer, with a verbal agreement already reached between the former Real Madrid star and the Fédération Française de Football (FFF), sources have told ESPN.
Didier Deschamps departing from the France national team after 14 successful years has been the worst kept secret in French football and Zidane, who finished his second stint as Los Blancos manager in 2021, has been long destined for the role.
At 53, Zidane had been waiting for his fellow 1998 World Cup winner to leave in order for him to take the job.
He has had to wait longer than he first thought he would but he will officially be appointed once the 2026 World Cup is concluded for France.
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The last detail to iron out before he can sign his contract is over his staff and how big his team can be.
In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro published on Sunday, the head of the FFF, Philippe Diallo admitted for the first time that he knew who Deschamp’s successor was going to be.
“I know who it is” was his answer. He didn’t reveal Zidane’s name but sources have told ESPN that it will be him.
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Giants valued at $10.8B as Tisch family seeks equity transfer with Epstein investigation looming: report
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As New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and his siblings look to transfer an equity stake to a children’s trust, the overall value of the franchise has been revealed.
An NFL memo obtained by ESPN earlier this month found the Tisch family — Steve, Jonathan and Laurie — are seeking a transfer of their collective equity stake in the franchise to their children. The proposed stake was 23.1% of the team.
The proposed transfer of equity values the team at $10.8 billion, according to Sports Business Journal, which would put a 23.1% stake at roughly $2.5 billion.
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New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch arrives for NFL owners meetings in New York City, New York on Oct. 21, 2025. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
For comparison, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross sold 1% of his team to billionaire entrepreneur Lin Bin with the valuation at a record $12.5 billion.
Julia Koch, a board member with Koch Industries, also bought a 10% stake in the Giants with a valuation at $10.3 billion in October 2025.
It’s also worth noting that the NFL memo stated, “Following the transactions, the Sellers will no longer own any interest in the Club.”
It is unknown if the transfer requests have anything to do with Steve Tisch’s name appearing in the Epstein files released by the U.S. Justice Department in January. His name appeared more than 400 times in the files, and while he said at the time he knew of Epstein, he denied visiting Epstein’s infamous island.
Steve Tisch executive vice president of the New York Giants looks on before pre-season football game against the Carolina Panthers at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 18, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
“We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments,” Steve Tisch said in a statement on Jan. 31. “I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
The U.S. Justice Department released more than 3 million documents related to the Epstein investigation, which included email exchanges from April 2013 and June 2013 between Tisch and Epstein. Some of those exchanges appear to show conversations about women.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in February the league would look into Steve Tisch’s association with Epstein.
“Absolutely we will look at all the facts,” Goodell said at a news conference in San Jose, California, during Super Bowl week. “We’ll look at the context of those and try to understand that. We’ll look at how that falls under the (league personal conduct) policy. I think we’ll take one step at a time. Let’s get the facts first.”
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch during warms up prior to the National Football League game between the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants on Oct. 28, 2018 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The Tisch family has been involved in Giants ownership since 1991 alongside the Mara family, which founded the franchise in 1925.
Fox News’ Chantz Martin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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