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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Colorado Rapids.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Major League Soccer | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1789 | 6.86 |
 CONCACAF Champions League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6.3 |
Scout report
J. Atencio is a 24-year-old defensive midfielder at Colorado Rapids, rated 39.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 102nd of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (58.5% 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 23 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 50 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 15 → 23). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 40, top 32% of the 50 defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 24 Atencio is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.5 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.
Output in context · Colorado Rapids finished 11th of 15 · a lower-table side
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.
Strengths
- Defensive volume. 6.64 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 58.5% 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 39.9, Atencio carries the 16th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer (top 32%), 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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