Domestic-league season · Monterey Bay.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 USL Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 728 | — |
 US Open Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | — |
Joel Garcia is a 24-year-old central defender at Monterey Bay, rated 28.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 82nd of 272 in the USL Championship. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Garcia.
Judged on this season alone, Garcia graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 58th of 59 of the 59 centre-backs in the USL Championship, on 1 clean sheet and 0 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Garcia, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, top 29% of the 59 centre-backs in the USL Championship. At 24 Garcia is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.
0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 9 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (11th of 12) 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.
With a Rating of 28.1, Garcia carries the 17th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the USL Championship of 59 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 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.
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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 24, Garcia sits on 3.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Garcia's projected Rating — 28.1 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
