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Full nameJames Pantemis
PositionGoalkeeper
NationalityCanada
Age29
Date of birth21 Feb 1997
BirthplaceMontreal
Height185 cm
Shirt number#41
ClubPortland Timbers
Goalkeeper
22
Appearances
4
Clean sheets
18%
CS rate
share of apps kept clean
2085
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Portland Timbers.

Injury-affected season

Missed 5 of Portland Timbers's ~38 games this season through 5 injury absences (leg, head). He still appeared 22 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.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsMinMatch
Major League Soccer2220857.3
Leagues Cup2906.9

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

J. Pantemis is a 29-year-old goalkeeper at Portland Timbers, rated 28.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 332nd of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (70.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pantemis.

Judged on this season alone, Pantemis graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer, on 4 clean sheets across 22 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 7). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28, 20th of 42 of the 42 goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer. At 29 Pantemis is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.9 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Pantemis missed 5 games through injury (leg, head) out of roughly 38 this season. The 22 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.

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

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelRemarkably consistentInjury-hit 2025/26
Current potential20th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League SoccerCurrent season26th of 42 goalkeepers · Major League Soccer26th-best goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer332nd in the Major League Soccer · potential20th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Major League Soccer
28.2
Ratingi
20th of 42 goalkeepers
7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
70.2%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.09
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Portland Timbers finished 8th of 15 · a mid-table side

22
Apps
4
Clean sheets
18%
CS rate
70.2%
Minutes

4 clean sheets in 22 appearances (18% of games).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 70.2% 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 28.2, Pantemis carries the 20th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Major League Soccer of 42. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.