Lynden Gooch

Gooch's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→18), while his Rating held around 26. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Huddersfield · 2nd	1	0	0	6.7	26	18
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 depthCreative Full-back

L. Gooch is a 30-year-old full-back at Huddersfield, rated 25.7 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (45.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.89 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 18 for current form (age-blind), on 6 clean sheets and 2.885 defensive actions per 90.

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

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26. At 30 Gooch is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.3 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

25.7

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

17.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

45.2%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.89

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Huddersfield finished 9th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

2.89

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 6 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.38 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 45.2% 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 25.7 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.89 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. 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 %45.2%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.096

Assists / 900.288

Goal contribution / 900.385

Defensive actions / 902.885

Player flow

Goal involvements8

Cards / 900.337

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 30, Gooch sits on 3.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gooch's projected Rating — 25.7 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists6

Defending

Tackles37

Interceptions16

Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

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 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 10 minutes.

L. Gooch's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Huddersfield face Cambridge United away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Gooch at 25.7 with a Season form score of 17.7. 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 336 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.