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PositionCentre-back
NationalityUSA
Age24
Date of birth26 Apr 2002
ClubMonterey Bay
Centre-back
9
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
728
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Monterey Bay.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
USL Championship900728
US Open Cup200180

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

Joel Garcia is a 24-year-old central defender at Monterey Bay, rated 28.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 79th of 271 on scout potential 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 28% 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.

Current potential16th of 59 centre-backs · USL Championship · 9 appsCurrent season58th of 59 centre-backs · USL Championship · 9 apps58th-best centre-back in the USL Championship79th in the USL Championship · potential16th-highest potential centre-back in the USL Championship
28.1
Ratingi
16th of 59 centre-backs
1.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
27%
Minutes
limited game time
0
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Monterey Bay finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

0
Def. / 90
Tackles
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

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.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 27% 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 28.1, Garcia carries the 16th-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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the USL Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards1

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.