- DeAndre Yedlin - Seattle Sounders
- Erick "Cubo" Torres - Chivas USA
- Fabian Castillo - FC Dallas
- Gyasi Zardes - LA Galaxy
- Diego Fagundez - New England Revolution
- Mauro Diaz - FC Dallas
- Joao Plata - Real Salt Lake
- Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake
- Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew
- Bill Hamid - D.C. United
- Dillon Powers - Colorado Rapids
- Kekuta Manneh - Vancouver Whitecaps
- Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union
- Andrew Farrell - New England Revolution
- Matias Laba - Vancouver Whitecaps
- Kelyn Rowe - New England Revolution
- Harry Shipp - Chicago Fire
- Perry Kitchen - D.C. United
- Shane O'Neill - Colorado Rapids
- Deshorn Brown - Colorado Rapids
- Olmes Garcia - Real Salt Lake
- Gershon Koffie - Vancouver Whitecaps
- Tesho Akindele - FC Dallas
- Russell Teibert - Vancouver Whitecaps
HOW THE 2014 "24 UNDER 24" RANKING WAS DETERMINED
The rankings this year, as in past years, are determined by a panel of soccer media members across the US and Canada who regularly cover MLS, including from ESPN, TSN, RDS, Sports Illustrated, FoxSports.com, Goal.com, and, of course, the editorial staff at MLSsoccer.com.
A 50-player short list was selected by a preliminary panel of MLSsoccer.com editors and external constituents, and then the larger panel rated the 50 players based on the following criteria:
- Technical (skills, dribbling, shooting, first touch, heading, etc.)
- Soccer IQ (positioning, reading game, situational understanding, tactical awareness, etc.)
- Physical Attributes (speed, endurance, strength, vertical leap, etc.)
- Personality (attitude, marketability, media savviness, charisma, intangibles, etc.)
- Potential (improvability, ceiling, national team potential, potential future transfer value, etc.)
- The votes were tabulated to establish the final 24 players.
The cut-off date for eligibility for this year's was October 26, the final day of the 2014 MLS regular season.
