Y. Takaoka

Takaoka's current-season form is up 106% on last season (Season 17→35), while his Rating eased 35→30. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 58).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Vancouver Whitecaps	13	0	0%	6.95	—	—
2025/26	Vancouver Whitecaps · 2nd	39	14	36%	7.05	30	35
2024/25	Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th	37	9	24%	6.96	35	17
2023/24	Vancouver Whitecaps · 8th	35	8	23%	6.81	39	15
2022/23	Yokohama F. Marinos · 1st	34	13	38%	6.94	54	43

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

Y. Takaoka is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Vancouver Whitecaps, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 1 assists in 39 appearances, a Season grade of 35, top 5% of Major League Soccer goalkeepers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 30.1, ranking 303rd of 513 in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present (100% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Takaoka.

Judged on this season alone, Takaoka graded 35 — a standout campaign that ranks top 5% of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer, on 14 clean sheets across 39 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 35). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 17th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer. At 30 Takaoka is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2021/22Streaky

Current potential17th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer Current seasonTop 5% goalkeepers · Major League Soccer2nd-best goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer303rd in the Major League Soccer · potential17th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer

30.1

Ratingi

17th of 42 goalkeepers

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

100%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.03

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

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

Apps

Clean sheets

36%

CS rate

100%

Minutes

14 clean sheets in 39 appearances (36% of games). Playing behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 15) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 100% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 30.1, Takaoka carries the 17th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer of 42. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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 %100%

Available fixtures39 of 39

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.025

Goal contribution / 900.025

Defensive actions / 900.025

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.025

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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 30, Takaoka sits on 4.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Takaoka's projected Rating — 30.1 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.