Domestic-league season · New England Revolution.
Missed 3 of New England Revolution's ~34 games this season through 3 injury absences (ankle). He still appeared 19 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 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 761 | 6.66 |
Sands's current-season form is level with last season (Season 7→8), while his Rating eased 35→33. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 8).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | New England Revolution · 8th | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 33 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | New England Revolution · 14th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 35 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Columbus Crew · 3rd | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6.81 | 39 | 4 |
| 2022/23 | Columbus Crew · 8th | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6.74 | 39 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
W. Sands is a 26-year-old central midfielder at New England Revolution, rated 32.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 381st of 790 in the Major League Soccer. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.31 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sands.
Judged on this season alone, Sands graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 135th of 149 of the 149 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.311 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 8). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 68th of 149 of the 149 central midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 26 Sands is in his prime years, and a market index of 17 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Sands missed 3 games through injury (ankle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 19 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.
Sands is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
3.31 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 19 appearances.
With a Rating of 32.7, Sands carries the 68th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Major League Soccer of 149 — though on just 19 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.31 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.
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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 26, Sands sits on 17, at or near its peak. The blue line is Sands's projected Rating — 32.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
