Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Houston Dynamo.
Injury-affected season
Missed 6 of Houston Dynamo's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences and 1 suspension (illness, yellow cards). He still appeared 23 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1583 | 7.04 |
Scout report
F. Escobar is a 31-year-old full-back at Houston Dynamo, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 2 assists in 23 appearances, a Season grade of 35, top 9% of Major League Soccer full-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 21.9, ranking 397th of 513 in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (62.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Escobar.
Judged on this season alone, Escobar graded 35 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 9% of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 5 clean sheets and 5.231 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 33 → 35). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22, 82nd of 101 of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 31 Escobar is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Escobar missed 5 games through injury and 1 suspension (illness, yellow cards) out of roughly 34 this season. The 23 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · Houston Dynamo finished 12th of 15 · a lower-table side
5.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (12th 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 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 62.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.23 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
- Defensive volume. 5.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 21.9, Escobar carries the 82nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 101, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Houston Dynamo finished 12th 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 high defensive volume (5.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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