Domestic-league season · Colorado Rapids.
Missed 6 of Colorado Rapids's ~34 games this season through 6 injury absences (wound, groin). He still appeared 27 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1789 | 6.86 |
 CONCACAF Champions League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6.3 |
Following his move to Colorado Rapids, Atencio's current-season form is up 100% on last season (Season 16→32), while his Rating climbed 39→41. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Colorado Rapids · 11th | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 41 | 32 |
| 2024/25 | Seattle Sounders · 8th | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6.89 | 39 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | Seattle Sounders · 8th | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6.84 | 41 | 21 |
| 2022/23 | Seattle Sounders · 7th | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.77 | 39 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | Seattle Sounders · 7th | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 43 | 15 |
| 2020/21 | Seattle Sounders · 2nd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 37 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. Atencio is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Colorado Rapids, rated 41.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 121st of 790 in the Major League Soccer. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (71% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6.64 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Atencio.
Judged on this season alone, Atencio graded 32 — a strong campaign that ranks top 21% of the 67 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 6.641 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 16 → 32). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, top 26% of the 67 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 24 Atencio is in his prime years, and a market index of 21.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Atencio missed 6 games through injury (wound, groin) out of roughly 34 this season. The 27 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Atencio is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
6.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th 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.
With a Rating of 41.4, Atencio carries the 17th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer (top 26%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Colorado Rapids finished 11th 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 high defensive volume (6.64 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 (~22), then tapers with age. At 24, Atencio sits on 21.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Atencio's projected Rating — 41.4 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.
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