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Kalani Kossa-Rienzi

Project playerSeattle Sounders · 24 yrsRotation

Profile

Full nameKalani Kossa-Rienzi
PositionCentral midfielder
NationalityUSA
Age24
Date of birth27 Jun 2002
BirthplaceBerkeley
Height170 cm
Shirt number#85
ClubSeattle Sounders
Central midfielderalso played DEF
18
Appearances
3
Goals
0
Assists
1307
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Seattle Sounders.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer12108936.63
CONCACAF Champions League4003417

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

K. Kossa-Rienzi is a 24-year-old central midfielder at Seattle Sounders, rated 42.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 108th of 436 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (72.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.65 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kossa-Rienzi.

Judged on this season alone, Kossa-Rienzi graded 39 — a solid campaign that ranks top 36% of the 71 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 3 goals, 0 assists and 3.65 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 19 → 39). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 33% of the 71 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 24 Kossa-Rienzi is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.1 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Kossa-Rienzi is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2026/27Trending up
42.7
Ratingi
23rd of 71 central midfielders
38.7
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
72.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.65
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Seattle Sounders finished 13th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

18
Apps
3.65
Def. / 90
32
Tackles
20
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (13th 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. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 72.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.
  • Defensive volume. 3.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 42.7, Kossa-Rienzi carries the 23rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Major League Soccer (top 33%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Seattle Sounders finished 13th 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 solid defensive volume (3.65 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 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3
Shots on target8
Shots11

Passing

Assists0
Chances created17
Passes662
Pass accuracy83%

Possession

Successful dribbles9
Dribble success52.9%
Duels won59
Duels won %52.2%
Fouls won14

Defending

Tackles32
Interceptions20
Blocks1
Fouls committed8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.