based on the 2025 season · updated 20 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Charlotte.
Scout report
H. Kessler is a 28-year-old central defender at St. Louis City, rated 27.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 342nd of 481 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (44.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.41 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kessler.
Judged on this season alone, Kessler graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 110th of 120 of the 120 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 3.406 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 14 → 14). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 83rd of 120 of the 120 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 28 Kessler is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.1 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · St. Louis City finished 13th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side
3.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (13th 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 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 44.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 27.4, Kessler carries the 83rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer of 120, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (St. Louis City finished 13th 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 (3.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.
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