C. Mueller

Missed 25 of Chicago Fire's ~37 games this season through 25 injury absences (personal reasons, health problems, heart condition). He still appeared 0 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.

Career

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Mueller's current-season form is down 100% on last season (Season 8→0), while his Rating eased 32→19. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 49).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Chicago Fire	5	0	0	6.57	—	—
2024/25	Chicago Fire · 15th	27	0	2	6.7	19	0
2023/24	Chicago Fire · 13th	10	2	0	6.77	32	8
2022/23	Chicago Fire · 12th	24	4	5	6.84	41	27
2021/22	Hibernian · 3rd	11	0	0	6.66	39	0
2021/22	Orlando City SC · 6th	30	3	6	6.75	43	25

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons in the full career.

USA · international

Side	Apps	G
USA	2	2

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

C. Mueller is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Chicago Fire, rated 19.3 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (0% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Mueller.

On the season, Mueller graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 0 assists in 0 appearances (0 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 8 → 0). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19. At 29 Mueller is in his prime years, and a market index of 2 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Mueller missed 25 games through injury (personal reasons, health problems, heart condition) out of roughly 37 this season. The 0 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.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downStreaky

19.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

Minutes

limited game time

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Chicago Fire finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

Clean sheets

No league appearances recorded this season, so there's no output sample to read yet.

Watch points

Game time. Only 0% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 19.3 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %0%

Available fixtures37 of 37

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

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 29, Mueller sits on 2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Mueller's projected Rating — 19.3 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.