Xavier Valdez

Goalkeeper - Nashville SC
13 Aug 2028
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Events

95
Severity
Mood

  1. Led the defence in a tight match

    Minor
    Cause
    He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.

  2. Reassured by a calm full-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  3. He got what he wanted: First-team football

    Mind

  4. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  5. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  6. Costly error under pressure

    Moderate
    Cause
    His error under pressure was directly punished by the opponent.

  7. Away supporters were hostile

    Moderate
    Cause
    He drew sustained jeers from the away end.

  8. Reassured by a calm full-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  9. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  10. Manager trust is eroding

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  11. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  12. Thomas Williams, a close friend, was sold by the club

    Serious
    Cause
    Losing a close friend at the club is still felt. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  13. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  14. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  15. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  16. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  17. Starter

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  18. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  19. He has said it out loud: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  20. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    His relationship with the manager has soured. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  21. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  22. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  23. Manager trust is eroding

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  24. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  25. Transfer request withdrawn

    Decision
    Cause
    No longer wants to leave

  26. Taken off the transfer list

    Decision
    Cause
    No longer wants to leave

  27. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  28. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  29. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Minor
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  30. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Minor
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  31. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  32. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    His relationship with the manager has soured. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  33. Window closed with no move

  34. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  35. Loan withdrawn

    Decision
    Cause
    No club took him on loan before the window closed
    Who
    Board

  36. Being reassessed

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  37. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  38. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  39. Criticised for losing tactical discipline

    Moderate
    Cause
    He drifted from the tactical instruction the manager had drilled in pre-match. His match rating of 5.8 weighed heavily in the talk.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  40. Away supporters were hostile

    Moderate
    Cause
    He drew sustained jeers from the away end.

  41. Stung by a half-time roasting

    Minor
    Cause
    The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  42. Criticised in a full-time post-mortem

    Minor
    Cause
    It was a private show of faith after a tough recent run. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  43. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  44. Derek Dodson, a close friend, was sold by the club

    Serious
    Cause
    Losing a close friend at the club is still felt. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  45. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  46. He has started to want: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  47. Manager trust is eroding

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion was a follow-up on a previous promise. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  48. He has come to believe: His word is worth nothing — Justin Yedlin

    Mind

  49. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  50. He has made a formal demand: To be paid what he is worth

    Mind

  51. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    His relationship with the manager has soured. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  52. Asked the club to find him a new team

    Minor
    Cause
    Ongoing dressing-room dynamics drove this.

  53. Left out of the registered squad on non-EU grounds

    Moderate
    Cause
    The non-EU quota left no spare slot for him in the registered squad.

  54. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Serious
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  55. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  56. Manager broke a promise

    Moderate
    Cause
    Even an honest tone was resented given the strained relationship.

  57. Transfer listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Player requested to leave
    Who
    Yedlin Justin

  58. He has started to want: To learn the language

    Mind

  59. He has let it go: To learn the language

    Mind

  60. He has said it out loud: A place in the national squad

    Mind

  61. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  62. Hard conversation with the manager about playing time

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  63. He has said it out loud: To be paid what he is worth

    Mind

  64. He has let it go: A loan, for games

    Mind

  65. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  66. Praised by manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  67. Promised playing time by manager

  68. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  69. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    3y · $479.0K/y

  70. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    3y · $479.0K/y

  71. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Minor
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  72. Praised by manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  73. Promised playing time by manager

  74. Settling well into the dressing room

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  75. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Serious
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  76. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  77. He has said it out loud: To learn the language

    Mind

  78. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  79. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  80. Praised by manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  81. Promised playing time by manager

  82. Stayed on the bench all match

    Minor
    Cause
    The bench was built around different match options.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  83. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Minor
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  84. Reassured by a calm full-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. His thin rapport with the coach blunted the message.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  85. Returned to full training after injury

    Minor
    Cause
    The medical team cleared him, but the staff are protecting him from a rushed comeback.

  86. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Serious
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  87. A steady loan spell

    Minor
    Cause
    7 appearances · 2 clean sheets · 7 conceded · 6.49 average rating

  88. Recalled early from loan by the parent club

    Decision

  89. The highest he has played: a regular at DC United, in MLS Eastern Conference

    Career

  90. Joined on loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Nashville SC → DC United

  91. To be loaned out

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  92. Loan listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Unsettled abroad — loaned out to play and to settle
    Who
    Yedlin Justin

  93. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $298.7K/y

  94. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $298.7K/y
    Who
    Yedlin Justin

  95. He set his heart on making a career

    Career