Domestic-league season · Columbus Crew.
Missed 3 of Columbus Crew's ~37 games this season through 3 injury absences (hip, lower-body). He still appeared 19 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 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 494 | 6.89 |
 Leagues Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.7 |
Following his move to Columbus Crew, Lappalainen's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→11), while his Rating eased 33→30. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 23).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Columbus Crew · 8th | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6.89 | 30 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | CF Montreal · 8th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 33 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | CF Montreal · 10th | 21 | 2 | 3 | 6.64 | 39 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | CF Montreal · 2nd | 30 | 3 | 5 | 6.96 | 46 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | CF Montreal · 10th | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6.54 | 38 | 6 |
| 2020/21 | CF Montreal · 2nd | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6.69 | 43 | 17 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
L. Lappalainen is a 27-year-old winger at Columbus Crew, rated 29.8 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (16.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.91 goal contributions per 90 (0.18 goals, 0.73 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Lappalainen.
On the season, Lappalainen graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 4 assists in 19 appearances (0.911 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30. At 27 Lappalainen is in his prime years, and a market index of 15.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Lappalainen missed 3 games through injury (hip, lower-body) out of roughly 37 this season. The 19 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.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
1 goal in 19 appearances (0.05 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 5 goal contributions (0.26 per appearance).
Rated 29.8 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a genuine goal threat (0.91 goal contributions per 90). 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.
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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 27, Lappalainen sits on 15.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Lappalainen's projected Rating — 29.8 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
