Lynden Gooch

Gooch's current-season form is down 94% on last season (Season 18→1), while his Rating eased 26→19. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Huddersfield · 2nd	3	0	0	4.9	26	1
2025/26	Huddersfield · 9th	32	2	6	6.75	26	18
2024/25	Stoke City · 18th	20	0	1	6.67	40	12
2023/24	Stoke City · 17th	31	2	0	6.73	48	28
2023/24	Sunderland	2	0	0	6.73	—	—
2022/23	Sunderland · 6th	32	1	3	6.71	59	25

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

USA · international

Side	Apps	G
USA	4	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Full-back

L. Gooch is a 30-year-old full-back at Huddersfield, rated 18.6 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (1.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gooch.

On the season, Gooch graded 1 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 6 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 1). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19. At 30 Gooch is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23

18.6

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

0.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

1.4%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · Huddersfield finished 2nd of 24 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Def. / 90

Tackles

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Interceptions

Clean sheets

6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume across 3 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 1.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 18.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %1.4%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 906

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %55

Cards / 900

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 30, Gooch sits on 2.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gooch's projected Rating — 18.6 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.

Transfer history

HuddersfieldJul 2025 – nowFree

Stoke CitySept 2023 – Jul 2025

Sunderland(back from loan)Jul 2016 – Sept 2023

Doncaster(on loan)Jan 2016 – Jul 2016

Sunderland(back from loan)Jul 2015 – Jan 2016

GGateshead(on loan)Feb 2015 – Jul 2015

Sunderlanduntil Feb 2015

About L. Gooch

Lynden Jack Gooch is a 30-year-old full-back who plays for Huddersfield, born on December 24, 1995 in Santa Cruz, standing 173 cm tall. He is from USA. Huddersfield currently sit 2nd of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, L. Gooch has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 30 minutes.

L. Gooch's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Huddersfield face Bradford away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Gooch at 18.6 with a Season form score of 0.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the EFL Trophy. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, L. Gooch has totalled 338 club appearances with 30 goals and 30 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 41 appearances for Sunderland.

L. Gooch's career has also included time at Stoke City, Sunderland, Doncaster and GGateshead.

On the international stage, L. Gooch has represented USA — 4 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Huddersfield finished 2nd of 24 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points