Best defensive players from USA

The best defensive players from USA, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

M. Cooper of USA W is the standout for raw talent across players from USA, with a Field Insider Rating of 86.2, and T. Kornieck has been the form player this season, grading 69.5, and B. White leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: F. Balogun has improved his Season rating most, up +47.3 on last season, while O. Vargas's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +33.4 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Cooper of USA W is the most valuable name in this group at 172.4.

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#	Player	Team	Age	CS	Season	Rating
1	G. Busio Central midfielder	Venezia	24	15	5474.8%	76±0%
2	B. Reynolds Full-back	KVC Westerlo	25	14	4376.4%	580.8%
3	M. Miljevic Attacking midfielder	Huracan	25	14	336.3%	517.7%
4	W. McKennie Defensive midfielder	Juventus	27	13	5148.6%	757.1%
5	J. Haak Centre-back	New York City FC	24	12	42277.5%	4617.4%
6	N. Harriel Full-back	Philadelphia Union	25	11	5472.7%	430.5%
7	R. Pukštas Attacking midfielder	HNK Hajduk Split	21	11	31	42
8	H. Wright Centre-forward	Coventry	28	11	4848.8%	5510.5%
9	C. dos Santos Goalkeeper	San Diego	25	11	33	4627.9%
10	A. Morris Defensive midfielder	Middlesbrough	24	11	3817.4%	712.4%
11	R. Celentano Goalkeeper	FC Cincinnati	25	11	1420.1%	454.6%
12	D. Yedlin Full-back	FC Cincinnati	33	11	1917.5%	1821%
13	M. Freese Goalkeeper	New York City FC	27	11	27235.4%	3914.3%
14	S. Berhalter Defensive midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	11	56106.3%	4913.5%
15	B. Bronico Attacking midfielder	Charlotte	31	11	1825.5%	2319.3%
16	J. Scally Full-back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	23	11	5078.5%	803.1%
17	G. Campbell Full-back	West Brom	25	10	3735.8%	6652.6%
18	C. Richards Full-back	Crystal Palace	26	10	5372.3%	771.9%
19	T. Ream Centre-back	Charlotte	38	10	41202.2%	1328.9%
20	W. Trapp Central midfielder	Minnesota United FC	33	10	3728.9%	1916.8%
21	I. Vassilev Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	25	10	3647.5%	441.6%
22	M. Delgado Central midfielder	Los Angeles FC	31	10	5137.7%	2615.7%
23	T. Tessmann Central midfielder	Lyon	24	10	2840.1%	788%
24	R. Ledezma Defensive midfielder	Guadalajara Chivas	25	9	2728.5%	5224.4%
25	F. Westfield Central midfielder	Philadelphia Union	20	9	27	46
26	L. Bombino Full-back	San Diego	20	9	51	49
27	E. Sabbi Attacking midfielder	Vancouver Whitecaps	28	9	33	3534.6%
28	T. Johnson Full-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	21	9	30	46
29	T. Blackmon Centre-back	Vancouver Whitecaps	29	9	36115%	319.6%
30	C. Roldan Defensive midfielder	Seattle Sounders	31	9	4227.4%	2519.7%
31	J. Willis Goalkeeper	Nashville SC	37	9	1717.6%	148.3%
32	G. Dorsey Full-back	Houston Dynamo	27	9	331.8%	3812.3%
33	B. Stuver Goalkeeper	Austin	35	9	1810.6%	188%
34	Q. Sullivan Attacking midfielder	Philadelphia Union	22	9	2918%	464%
35	R. Hollingshead Full-back	Los Angeles FC	35	9	3417%	167.2%
36	M. Robinson Centre-back	FC Cincinnati	29	9	327.4%	3213.3%
37	J. Gómez Central midfielder	Albacete	22	9	3110233.3%	6496.3%
38	S. Suber Centre-back	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	25	8	29	39
39	D. Las Goalkeeper	Louisville City	24	8	37	41
40	E. Dick Goalkeeper	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	31	8	35	20
41	D. Aguirre Full-back	Guadalajara Chivas	26	8	292536.4%	4951.1%
42	B. Hines-Ike Centre-back	Austin	31	8	2524.4%	2511.2%
43	J. Neeskens Centre-back	FC Eindhoven	32	8	31	28
44	L. de la Torre Central midfielder	San Diego	28	8	30	3538.1%
45	J. McGlynn Attacking midfielder	Houston Dynamo	23	8	4768.5%	482.1%
46	M. Polster Defensive midfielder	New England Revolution	33	8	3119.1%	1724.3%
47	B. White Winger	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	8	6026.8%	2918.6%
48	A. Privett Centre-back	Charlotte	25	8	2944.7%	4013.7%
49	S. Frei Goalkeeper	Seattle Sounders	40	8	2241.3%	149.8%
50	D. Lovitz Full-back	Nashville SC	34	8	3329.7%	1711.5%