Domestic-league season · New Mexico United.
Following his move to New Mexico United, Gaines's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→6), while his Rating eased 30→27. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 14).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | New Mexico United · 3rd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 6 |
| 2024/25 | Houston Dynamo · 8th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 30 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | Charlotte · 9th | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6.73 | 37 | 8 |
| 2022/23 | Charlotte · 9th | 24 | 1 | 4 | 6.53 | 38 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | Austin · 7th | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6.49 | 37 | 3 |
| 2020/21 | Hannover 96 · 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
M. Gaines is a 28-year-old centre-forward at New Mexico United, rated 27 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (11.1% of available minutes). He brings 0.55 goal contributions per 90 (0.55 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gaines.
On the season, Gaines graded 6 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals and 0 assists in 8 appearances (0.547 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 27. At 28 Gaines is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.4 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2 goals in 8 appearances (0.25 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
Rated 27 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.55 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 28, Gaines sits on 8.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gaines's projected Rating — 27 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.
