Akil Watts
ratings updated 20 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · St. Louis City.
Scout report
A. Watts is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Loudoun United, rated 37 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 3rd of 247 on scout potential in the USL Championship. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (72.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Watts.
Judged on this season alone, Watts graded 28 — a strong campaign that ranks top 30% of the 17 defensive midfielders in the USL Championship, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 3.784 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 13 → 18). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, top 6% of the 17 defensive midfielders in the USL Championship. At 26 Watts is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.7 reflects that trajectory.
Watts is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Loudoun United finished 11th of 13 · a relegation-threatened side
3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (11th of 13) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 72.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37, Watts carries the 1st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the USL Championship (top 6%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Loudoun United finished 11th of 13) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the USL Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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