Domestic-league season · San Diego.
Earlier this season at FC Cincinnati — CONCACAF Champions League: 4 apps, 0g 1a, 167 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at San Diego; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 6.5 |
 CONCACAF Champions Leagueat FC Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 6.34 |
Following his move to San Diego, Baird's current-season form is down 31% on last season (Season 13→9), while his Rating eased 29→22. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 36).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | San Diego · 1st | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6.73 | 22 | 9 |
| 2024/25 | FC Cincinnati · 3rd | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6.78 | 29 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Houston Dynamo · 8th | 39 | 9 | 5 | 6.71 | 38 | 36 |
| 2022/23 | Houston Dynamo · 7th | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6.67 | 36 | 17 |
| 2021/22 | Los Angeles FC · 7th | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6.63 | 39 | 12 |
| 2020/21 | Real Salt Lake · 2nd | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6.55 | 46 | 24 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
C. Baird is a 30-year-old centre-forward at San Diego, rated 22.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 633rd of 825 in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (38.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.21 goal contributions per 90 (0 goals, 0.21 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Baird.
Judged on this season alone, Baird graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 98th of 118 of the 118 centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals and 3 assists in 37 appearances (0.206 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 94th of 118 of the 118 centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer. At 30 Baird is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.8 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
0 goals in 37 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 3 goal contributions (0.08 per appearance).
With a Rating of 22.2, Baird carries the 94th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Major League Soccer of 118. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.21 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~12), then tapers with age. At 30, Baird sits on 5.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Baird's projected Rating — 22.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
