Buzz Break: 2021 Topps Chrome Major League Soccer

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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome Major League Soccer
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Packs per box: 18
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
53 of 200 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Rookie Cards (8) – Caden Clark, Michael Halliday, Carlos Teran, Santiago Sosa, Alvaro Barreal, Julian Carranza, Jose Cifuentes, Ayo Akinola

Insert/SP cards: 25 (all in gallery below with RCs)
Big-city Strikers (2) – Carlos Vela, Bradley Wright-Phillips
Pitch Prodigies (5) – Caden Clark, Michael Halliday, Carlos Teran, Santiago Sosa, Alvaro Barreal
Pitch Prodigies Blue Wave Refractors (1) – Mustafa Kizza (/199)
1975-76 Topps Footballers (3) – Miles Robinson, Jonathan Osorio, Lucas Cavallini
Celebration FC (4) – Diego Rossi, Alejandro Pozuelo, Nicolás Lodeiro, Alexandre Pato
Celebration FC Aqua Refractors (1) – Gustavo Bou (/99)
Refractors (4) – Michael Halliday, Ignacio Aliseda, Latif Blessing, Jozy Altidore
Speckle Refractors (1) – Jurgen Locadia
Aqua Refractors (3) – Alan Pulido, Jan Gregus, Romain Metanire (/299)
Blue Wave Refractors (1) – Omar Gonzalez (/199)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Refractor Autographs (1) – Michael Halliday

What's Buzz-worthy: This box doesn't seem to pack as much punch as my last one, but that Aqua Celebrations card is one in 178 packs while my autograph isn't all that pricey but a guy that popped up two other times in the box as part of a rookie crop where I also found Caden Clark, a top-selling name in this one. (Nothing big this time but good to get him vs. not.) ... As I noted last time, this one is clean and is a huge base set -- 200 cards -- so it will take a few hobby boxes to build one if you can avoid duplicates. There is plenty of color here but almost everything I pulled is relatively easy stats-wise -- just tougher to land any particular name with that big set. (Note: I put the Pitch Prodigies cards in with the inserts as they seemed to be SPs in comparison to other cards ... but they are numbered as part of the set.) ... For this not-even-a-newb ripper of soccer, it wasn't really a super-wowing box but it also wasn't bad, either. It does seem a lot more complete than some other MLS sets from the past so that likely helps the appeal to those who are regulars.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: A- (Aqua insert parallel is rarer pull)
Fun Grade: B

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