Gauld's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→5), while his Rating held around 21. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 60).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Vancouver Whitecaps · 1st	6	2	0	7.08	21	5
2025/26	Vancouver Whitecaps · 2nd	11	1	1	6.82	20	5
2024/25	Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th	34	15	12	7.98	37	60
2023/24	Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th	35	11	13	7.62	40	57
2022/23	Vancouver Whitecaps · 7th	28	8	5	7.5	42	38

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland	6	0
Scotland U21	9	2
Scotland U19	9	1

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

Scout report

Squad depthBall-winning Attacking midfielder

R. Gauld is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Vancouver Whitecaps, rated 19.8 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (10.9% of available minutes). He brings 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0.24 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Gauld.

On the season, Gauld graded 5 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 1 assist in 11 appearances (0.471 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 5). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 20. At 30 Gauld is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2023/24StreakyInjury-hit 2025/26

19.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

5.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

10.9%

Minutes

limited game time

0.47

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Vancouver Whitecaps finished 2nd of 15 · a title-challenging side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.09

Goals / app

1 goal in 11 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.24 goals, 0.24 assists) — productive for the role.
Defensive volume. 4.48 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 10.9% 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 19.8 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.47 goal contributions 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 %10.9%

Available fixtures39 of 39

Goals / 900.236

Assists / 900.236

Goal contribution / 900.471

Defensive actions / 904.476

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.236

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, Gauld sits on 1.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Gauld's projected Rating — 19.8 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 attacking midfielders in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles13

Interceptions5

Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

€3M total transfer fees · 8 moves

Vancouver WhitecapsJul 2021 – now

FarenseJul 2019 – Jul 2021

Hibernian(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Farense(on loan)Aug 2018 – Jan 2019

AAves(on loan)Jul 2017 – Aug 2018

Sporting CP(back from loan)Feb 2017 – Jul 2017

Vitoria(on loan)Jul 2016 – Feb 2017

Sporting CPJul 2014 – Jul 2016€ 3M

Dundee Utduntil Jul 2014

About R. Gauld

Ryan Stewart Gauld is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps, born on December 16, 1995 in Aberdeen, standing 169 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Vancouver Whitecaps currently sit 1st of 15 in the Major League Soccer.

This season

In the current season, R. Gauld has made 6 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 374 minutes, averaging a 6.95 match rating over his last 8 rated games, with 1 yellow card.

When R. Gauld plays, Vancouver Whitecaps's record this season is 2W-3D-3L — and his match ratings average 6.98 at home against 6.93 on the road.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 5-0 win at home vs FC Dallas (72 minutes, 7.2 rating)
August 20, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Houston Dynamo (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
August 17, 2026: 2-0 win away at Seattle Sounders (32 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 12, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Tigres UANL (97 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 8, 2026: 1-3 loss at home vs FC Juarez (52 minutes, 6.7 rating)
August 1, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Los Angeles FC (72 minutes, 6.7 rating)
July 26, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Minnesota United FC (45 minutes, 6.5 rating)
July 22, 2026: 3-4 loss away at FC Cincinnati (63 minutes, 2 goals, 7.9 rating)

R. Gauld's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Vancouver Whitecaps face Sporting Kansas City away in the Major League Soccer.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Gauld at 19.8 with a Season form score of 5.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 7 career titles — among them the Canadian Championship and the Taça de Portugal. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, R. Gauld has totalled 345 club appearances with 79 goals and 45 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 38 appearances for Sporting CP B.

R. Gauld's career has also included time at Farense, Hibernian, AAves, Sporting CP, Vitoria and Dundee Utd.

On the international stage, R. Gauld has represented Scotland, Scotland U21, Scotland U19 — 24 caps and 3 goals 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 · Vancouver Whitecaps finished 2nd of 15 · a title-challenging side

Strengths

Watch points