Joel

Waterman

CB Portland Timbers #16

Centre-Back · Defender

Joel Waterman

Portland Timbers MLS

Top 50% of centre-backs in the world
#1349 centre-back aged 30+

Score

46/100

#3,857 in the world

Market value

€900K

above 50% of MLS

Top speed

34.0km/h

faster than 58% of defenders

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Date of birth / Age: 24 Jan 1996 (30)
Passport: Canada
National team: 15 caps
Height: 1.88 m
Weight: 75 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

centre-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#3857

centre-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1349

among centre-backs aged 30+

In his league

23%

of MLS centre-backs rank below him

Season 2026

AppsAppearances: 3
StartsStarting eleven: 3
GoalsGoals: 0
AssistsAssists: –
YellowYellow cards: 1
2nd yellowSecond yellows: –
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 270

Starting eleven100%

3 of 3 appearances

Minutes played270

90 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals

Positions played

186 matches · since 2019

CMDMRBCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	169	7	8
Right-Back	8	0	0
Defensive Midfield	5	0	0
Central Midfield	4	0	0

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Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
20262026	Leagues CupLeagues Cup	Chicago Fire	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	270
20262026	MLSMLS	Chicago Fire	15	11	1	–	5	–	0	1,132
20262026	MLSMLS	Portland Timbers	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	17
20252025	Leagues CupLeagues Cup	CF Montréal	3	3	0	–	1	–	1	219
20252025	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	18	17	0	–	8	–	1	1,428
20252025	MLSMLS	Chicago Fire	9	9	1	–	2	–	0	801
20242024	Leagues CupLeagues Cup	CF Montréal	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
20252025	Canadian ChampionshipCanadian Championship	CF Montréal	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	300
20252025	CONCACAF Gold CupCONCACAF Gold Cup	Canada	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	213
2024/2524/25	CONCACAF Nations League - League ACONCACAF Nations League - League A	Canada	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
20242024	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	26	25	0	0	6	0	0	2,251
20232023	Leagues CupLeagues Cup	CF Montréal	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	210
20242024	Canadian ChampionshipCanadian Championship	CF Montréal	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2023/2423/24	CONCACAF Nations League - League ACONCACAF Nations League - League A	Canada	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
20232023	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	28	27	1	1	8	1	0	2,376
20222022	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	32	32	3	1	13	0	0	2,834
20222022	CONCACAF Champions CupCONCACAF Champions Cup	CF Montréal	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	244
20212021	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	22	21	0	2	5	0	0	1,854
20202020	MLSMLS	CF Montréal	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	547
20202020	CONCACAF Champions CupCONCACAF Champions Cup	CF Montréal	3	1	0	–	1	–	0	207
20192019	Canadian Premier LeagueCanadian Premier League	Cavalry	22	19	1	2	4	0	1	1,723
20162016	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Kitsap Pumas	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	128

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			208	192	8	7^*	61	1^*	3	17,294

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
MLS	158	6	5
Canadian Premier League	22	1	2
Leagues Cup	11	0	–
CONCACAF Champions Cup	6	0	–
Canada	5	0	–
Canadian Championship	4	1	–
US Open Cup	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Sept 2026 Sept 2026 · Transfer Chicago Fire Portland Timbers Transfer
Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer CF Montréal Chicago Fire Transfer
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Cavalry CF Montréal Transfer
Feb 2019 Feb 2019 · Transfer Trinity Tigers Cavalry Transfer
Aug 2016 Aug 2016 · Back from Loan Kitsap Pumas 09 Trinity Western Spartans Back from Loan
Feb 2016 Feb 2016 · Loan Trinity Western Spartans Kitsap Pumas 09 Loan Loan

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Chicago Fire 2025–2026 27 2
Portland Timbers 2026 1 0
CF Montréal 2020–2025 151 5
Cavalry 2019 22 1
Kitsap Pumas 2016 2 0

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