Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · St. Louis City.
Injury-affected season
Missed 9 of St. Louis City's ~34 games this season through 9 injury absences (hamstring, injury, lower-body). He still appeared 17 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 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1374 | 7.15 |
Scout report
H. Kessler is a 28-year-old full-back at St. Louis City, rated 29.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 313th of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.1% 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 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 44th of 101 of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 3.406 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 25 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 61st of 101 of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 28 Kessler is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Kessler missed 9 games through injury (hamstring, injury, lower-body) out of roughly 34 this season. The 17 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.
Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 61.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 29.4, Kessler carries the 61st-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 101, 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.
Transfer news
No transfer news found for this player.
