based on the 2025 season · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Las Vegas Lights.
Also this season
Earlier this season at Las Vegas Lights — USL League One Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at New Mexico United; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
Maliek Howell is a 27-year-old central defender at Las Vegas Lights, rated 23.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 96th of 247 on scout potential in the USL Championship. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (35.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.82 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Howell.
Judged on this season alone, Howell graded 16 — a strong campaign that ranks top 26% of the 50 centre-backs in the USL Championship, on 4 clean sheets and 2.824 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Howell, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 23, 21st of 50 of the 50 centre-backs in the USL Championship. At 27 Howell is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.3 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Las Vegas Lights finished 12th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side
2.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (12th of 12) 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 35.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 23.4, Howell carries the 21st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the USL Championship of 50 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.82 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the USL Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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