Carla Overbeck - US National Team - Sports Illustrated for Kids

Carla Overbeck - US National Team - Sports Illustrated for Kids card #837

September 1999

 

Jason Kreis - Dallas Burn - Sports Illustrated Kids

Jason Kreis - Sports Illustrated trading card insert #832

September 1999

2018 - MLS - Post Cereals

2018 - MLS - Post Cereals

2018 - MLS - Post Cereals

   

The back of the cereal box features 4 Major League Soccer players, with four panels available or 16 player cards. the backs of the cards are blank and harken back to the 1950's when Post Cereals featured the best in Major League baseball on trading cards on the back of their cereals.

Kids, ask a grown up to help you cut the cards out of the box!

The other boxes feature: 

Michael Bradley, Diego Valeri, Yangel Herrera, Hector Villalba

Giovani Dos Santos, Wil Trapp, Sebastian Giovinco, Josef Martinez

Alberto Elis, Julian Gressel, Tyler Adams, David Villa

From a news release:

Lakeville, Mn - May 2018 MLS fans and grocery store shoppers alike will be able to get into the game in a big way from coast-to-coast this summer.

Starting in June, limited edition MLS cereal boxes can be found at grocery stores nationwide, featuring collectible Topps MLS player trading card cut-outs

2018 - the best lineup in breakfast cereal has joined forces with America's premier-level soccer league. Together, we've forged a partnership for the sake of bringing awareness to a movement that continues to grow across our nation. Post Consumer Brands and Major League Soccer are committed to introducing and supporting the world's game to kids and parents nationally, while giving those athletes and fans the kind of breakfast that starts the day on the right foot.

2016 MLS - Topps Now

At the start of the 2016 baseball season, Topps produced it's Now series, which featured a card produced for an event that happened that day. Each card was priced at $9.99 and would only be available for purchase until the next afternoon.  Each card would have a print run that was dictated by the number of cards purchased.

Topps followed this series with cards for the AMC television series Preacher.

NOW! Topps has produced it's first MLS Now card celebrating Fabian Castillo for his goal scored on July 16, with a print run of 132 cards.  additional cards followed for Diego Valeri (#2 - 88 cards printed), Jack Harrison (#3 - 100 cards printed), MLS All-Star game (#4 - 90 cards, #5 - 81 cards, #6 - 84 cards)

MLS Topps Now

1999 - Kristine Lilly - Adidas promo card

reverse of the 5x7 card features a grey-tone photo with biographical information. In the lower left hand corner it shows 2 white square with the wording "1999 US Women's World Cup Team, place this card 2nd in the position shown"..

Looks like there might be at least 6 cards issued by Adidas, but I have not seen any others with this design...

1994 Zealot - Collector's Sportslook

Collector's Sportslook was a sport card magazine published by Wizard Entertainment, publishers of Wizard Guide to Comic, ToyFare, and other titles as well as producing Wizard World conventions...

Wizard Guide to Comics usually featured a comic/entertainment related promo card, and they continued the feature with Collector's Sportslook.. Three cards were produced for the magazine featuring Savage Dragon boxing, Spawn playing ice hockey ( a beautiful card) and Zealot playing soccer...

Zealot is a member of the team WildC.A.T.S. created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi

2014 Topps MLS Chrome

2014 Topps Chrome wrapper

Conor Casey autograph (sticker)

Bill Hamid base card

Bill Hamid X-fractor

Purple variant

Eddie Johnson - orange (retail) variant # 21/75

Chris Wondolowski footballers mini

Chicharito - Mexican National Team

I was never a big fan of the Chrome variant Topps trading cards, but I picked up a retail box at the local store because it was there and I had to take a look. The standard set offers 10 cards per pack, the chrome cards offer 4 cards per pack. The chrome base set contains 95 cards, while the standrad set contains 200 base cards.  The set includes autographs, color and refractor variants, mini cards, Mexican Nationals (not sure why the Mexican team is highlighted, but I like them and I pulled a Chicharito card so I can't complain).  One-Two insert card (looks like it should be a relic card but is not, so which I don't understand its purpose)...

Bradley - Defoe 

One-Two Insert card

2012 Franz Bread - Timbers and Sounders

Franz Bread, which has provided trading cards in their packaging for the Mariners, Seahawks and Trailblazers, also included the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders. I love the regional issues over Topps or Upper Deck, they have a connection to the team...

I have only come across a few of these cards, running from $3-5.00 on ebay.

Cards I am aware of include:
Portland - Darlington Nagbe, Kris Boyd, Troy Perkins, Diego Chara, Jack Jewsbury, Jake gleeson, Brent Richards, Franck Songo'o, Eric Brunner, Kalif Alhassan, Eric Alexander, John Spencer

Seattle - David Estrada, Mauro Morales, David Gspurning, Steve Zakuani, Freddy Montero, Osvaldo Alonzo, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Eddie Johnson, Brad Evans, Alvaro Fernandez,

2013 Topps Major League Soccer - update

Some recent additions to  my collection:

AR-MF

Michael Farfan

Philadelphia Union 2011-

MA-JD 40/50

Jay DeMerit

Watford FC - England Champions League -  2004-2010

Vancouver Whitecaps - 2011-

Us National Team - 2007-2011

MA-VB 18/50

Victor Bernardez

CD Motagua - Honduras Liga Nacional 2004-2008

R.S.C. Anderlecht - Belgian Pro League 2009-2011

Lierse S. K. - Belgian Pro League 2011

Indios de Ciudad Juarez - Mexico Liga de Ascenso 2011

SanJose Earthquakes 2012 - 

2013 Topps Archives - Pele

2013 Topps Archives Baseball (1975 throwback)

Pele autographed card

Odds: 1:41,000 packs

Came across information about this card while researching the new Topps MLS cards. 

In one chat room there was a question of how come Pele gets put in a baseball set, but not the soccer set. I agree I would love to see the older NASL players autographs inserted into the MLS set.

However Topps' primary sets are baseball, and the 2013 Archive set not only includes Pele, but include heavy metal rock stars like Sebastian Bach, tommy Lee, Lita Ford and Dee Snider; actors Jack Palance, Ava Gardner as well as the usual baseball players. The set utilizes all throwback designs another popular trend from Topps

2013 Topps Major League Soccer

Topps has put out a set of MLS trading cards for the 2013 season. I picked up several packs and pulled the following cards.....

Ramiro Corrales

San Jose Clash - 1996-1997

Miami Fusion - 1998

Metrostars - 1998-2000

San Jose Earthquakes - 2001-2004, 2008-

Hamarkameratene - Norwway 2005-2006

SK Brann - Norway 2007
US National team - 1996-2008

The autograph card, chrome background, with the Topps certified autograph sticker added.

Numbered 24/50.

Federico Higuain base card and purple back variant (numbered 52/99).

200 base cards in the set plus short prints and variations - Purple numbered to 99, blue numbered to 50, gold numbered to 25 and black numbered to 10

Rivalries insert - Chicago v Kansas City

This Is Soccer insert (TIS-#)

This card features Red Bulls' Fabian Espindola #9, hard to tell from the photo. The back of the card provides insight on Espindola - attacks the channels of the field for the full 90 minutes.....

Kyle Beckerman front and back- 1978 throwback

1978 Topps English design featuring players of the MLS.

I like the throwback design, typical of recent Topps products...

Mini insert - Thierry Henry

Relic - the set includes multiple variations with and without autographs

2008 - MLS Upper Deck

2008 Upper Deck base set - Aleck Eskandrian, and Claudio Reyna

Inserts: Goal Scorers - chris Rolfe, Assist Kings - Dan McCarty

Inserts: Super Draft - Josh Lambo, Young Guns - Robbie Finley

Insert: Keepers - Jon Conway

2008 - MLS Upper Deck trading cards - 200 card base set

Insert cards: Young Guns, Super Draft 2008, Goal Scorers, Keepers, Assist Kings

MLS Materials Memorabilia cards, including David Beckham game used jersey cards...

Autograph cards numbered to 30 from Landon Donavan, Sacha Kljestan, Taylor Twellman and others...

2008.09.04 - Upper Deck press release:

With the addition of David Beckham to the league just over a year ago, collectors are intrigued by his megastar power and long-term collectability, as he single-handedly shook up America's perception of the sport. Sought after game-used cards and autographs fill the 2008 Upper Deck MLS product, featuring such stars as Beckham and Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy as well as Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids.