J. Gal

Following his move to Chicago Fire, Gal's current-season form is level with last season (Season 1→1), while his Rating eased 19→10. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 9).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Chicago Fire · 8th	8	1	13%	6.49	10	1
2022/23	Degerfors IF · 13th	10	1	10%	7.14	19	1
2021/22	Degerfors IF · 13th	4	1	25%	7	20	3
2020/21	Degerfors IF · 2nd	9	3	33%	—	21	9
2019/20	Degerfors IF	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2019/20	Skövde AIK	16	0	0%	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

J. Gal is a 33-year-old goalkeeper at Chicago Fire, rated 9.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 501st of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.4% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gal.

Judged on this season alone, Gal graded 1 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer, on 1 clean sheet across 8 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 1 → 1). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 10, 40th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer. At 33 Gal is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downRemarkably consistent

Current potential40th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer · 8 apps Current season41st of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer · 8 apps41st-best goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer501st in the Major League Soccer · potential40th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer

9.9

Ratingi

40th of 42 goalkeepers

1.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

20.4%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Chicago Fire finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

13%

CS rate

20.4%

Minutes

1 clean sheet in 8 appearances (13% of games).

Watch points

Game time. Only 20.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 33, 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 9.9, Gal carries the 40th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer of 42 — though on just 8 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A limited game time keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %20.4%

Available fixtures37 of 37

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 33, Gal sits on 0.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gal's projected Rating — 9.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.