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ratings updated 7 Sept 2026

Profile

PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityUSA
Age18
Date of birth14 Nov 2007
Shirt number#38
ClubAustin
Central midfielderalso played FWD
17
Appearances
1
Goals
3
Assists
1099
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Austin.

Also this season

Earlier this season at Austin II — MLS Next Pro: 9 apps, 1g 0a, 696 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Austin; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer200396.3

Scout report

One of the biggest game-time risers in the Major League Soccer: on the pitch for 72% of Austin's available minutes this season, up from 0% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.

Solid contributorCentral midfielder

Ervin Torres is a 18-year-old central midfielder at Austin, rated 47.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 135th of 525 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer and 77th of 163 U-19 players tracked. A teenage prospect, he has been a regular starter this season (71.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Torres.

Judged on this season alone, Torres graded 38 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 72nd of 89 of the 89 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 1 goal, 3 assists and 2.784 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 38). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, top 34% of the 89 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 18 Torres is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 8.9 reflects that trajectory.

47.7
Ratingi
30th of 89 central midfielders
38
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
71.8%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.78
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Austin finished 14th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

17
Apps
2.78
Def. / 90
23
Tackles
10
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (14th of 15) 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 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 71.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.33 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 47.7, Torres carries the 30th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Major League Soccer (top 34%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Austin finished 14th of 15) — 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 moderate defensive volume (2.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. At 18 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (100/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1
Shots on target5
Shots9

Passing

Assists3
Chances created9
Passes616
Pass accuracy87%

Possession

Successful dribbles6
Dribble success50%
Duels won48
Duels won %48%
Fouls won14

Defending

Tackles23
Interceptions10
Blocks1
Fouls committed11

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.