Domestic-league season · DC United.
Missed 5 of DC United's ~34 games this season through 5 injury absences (leg, thigh). He still appeared 15 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 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 518 | 6.84 |
Following his move to DC United, Leal's current-season form is level with last season (Season 2→4), while his Rating eased 26→22. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 38).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | DC United · 8th | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6.84 | 22 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | Nashville SC · 13th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.55 | 26 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | Nashville SC · 7th | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6.76 | 35 | 11 |
| 2022/23 | Nashville SC · 7th | 29 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | Nashville SC · 3rd | 33 | 8 | 7 | 7.18 | 47 | 38 |
| 2020/21 | Nashville SC · 2nd | 24 | 4 | 4 | 7.04 | 48 | 32 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Leal is a 29-year-old winger at DC United, rated 22.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Leal.
On the season, Leal graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 1 assist in 15 appearances (0.174 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 2 → 4). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22. At 29 Leal is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.4 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Leal missed 5 games through injury (leg, thigh) out of roughly 34 this season. The 15 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.
Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
0 goals in 15 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 1 goal contributions in all.
Rated 22.3 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.17 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× 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 (~12), then tapers with age. At 29, Leal sits on 6.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Leal's projected Rating — 22.3 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.
