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Full nameGriffin Dorsey
PositionFull-back
NationalityUSA
Age27
Date of birth5 Mar 1999
BirthplaceEvergreen
Height182 cm
Shirt number#25
ClubHouston Dynamo
Full-backalso played MID
32
Appearances
2
Goals
4
Assists
2666
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Houston Dynamo.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer322426666.97
Leagues Cup300837.9

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

G. Dorsey is a 27-year-old full-back at Houston Dynamo, rated 37.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 198th of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (89.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Dorsey.

Judged on this season alone, Dorsey graded 33 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 14% of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 9 clean sheets and 2.431 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 35 → 33). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, top 35% of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 27 Dorsey is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.3 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Dorsey is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upRemarkably consistent
Current potentialTop 35% full-backs · Major League SoccerCurrent seasonTop 14% full-backs · Major League Soccer14th-best full-back in the Major League Soccer198th in the Major League Soccer · potential35th-highest potential full-back in the Major League Soccer
37.8
Ratingi
35th of 101 full-backs
33.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
89.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.43
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Houston Dynamo finished 12th of 15 · a lower-table side

2.43
Def. / 90
39
Tackles
28
Interceptions
9
Clean sheets

2.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 32 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 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 89.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.2 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 37.8, Dorsey carries the 35th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer (top 35%), 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 moderate defensive volume (2.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

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

Transfer news

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