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Full nameJayden Reid
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityUSA
Age24
Date of birth29 Aug 2001
Shirt number#99
ClubSporting Kansas City
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Defensive midfielderalso played DEF

Season stats

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16
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1036
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sporting Kansas City.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer11009426.41

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

J. Reid is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Sporting Kansas City, rated 37.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 199th of 436 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (54.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Reid.

Judged on this season alone, Reid graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.822 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 15). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 21st of 40 of the 40 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 24 Reid is in his prime years, and a market index of 7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Reid is operating at his career peak — the 2026/27 level is the level.

Peak: 2026/27Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potential21st of 40 defensive midfielders · Major League SoccerCurrent season34th of 40 defensive midfielders · Major League Soccer34th-best defensive midfielder in the Major League Soccer199th in the Major League Soccer · potential21st-highest potential defensive midfielder in the Major League Soccer
37.6
Ratingi
21st of 40 defensive midfielders
14.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
54.8%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.82
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

16
Apps
3.82
Def. / 90
28
Tackles
14
Interceptions
0
Clean sheets

3.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume across 16 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th 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.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 54.8% 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 37.6, Reid carries the 21st-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer of 40, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sporting Kansas City finished 15th 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 solid defensive volume (3.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target4
Shots6

Passing

Assists0
Chances created4
Passes409
Pass accuracy83%

Possession

Successful dribbles9
Dribble success69.2%
Duels won61
Duels won %55.5%
Fouls won12

Defending

Tackles28
Interceptions14
Blocks2
Fouls committed16

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.