J. Bauer

Bauer's current-season form is down 48% on last season (Season 21→11), while his Rating eased 36→32. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Nashville SC · 8th	26	3	2	6.85	32	11
2024/25	Nashville SC · 13th	26	0	0	6.73	36	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

J. Bauer is a 27-year-old full-back at Nashville SC, rated 32.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 389th of 790 in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.15 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Bauer.

Judged on this season alone, Bauer graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 105th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 3 clean sheets and 3.146 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 21 → 11).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32, 67th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 27 Bauer is in his prime years, and a market index of 16.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending down

Current potential67th of 135 full-backs · Major League Soccer Current season105th of 135 full-backs · Major League Soccer105th-best full-back in the Major League Soccer389th in the Major League Soccer · potential67th-highest potential full-back in the Major League Soccer

32.3

Ratingi

67th of 135 full-backs

11.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

30.9%

Minutes

limited game time

3.15

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Nashville SC finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

3.15

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.44 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 30.9% 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 32.3, Bauer carries the 67th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer of 135. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.15 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %30.9%

Available fixtures37 of 37

Goals / 900.262

Assists / 900.175

Goal contribution / 900.437

Defensive actions / 903.146

Player flow

Goal involvements5

Shot conversion %75

Shot accuracy %66.7

Dribble success %30

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 901.573

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 27, Bauer sits on 16.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Bauer's projected Rating — 32.3 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.