David Da Costa

AI Scouting Report

Da Costa is the kind of midfielder who makes a B-tier MLS side look more dangerous than they have any right to be. His key pass rate of 2.03 per 90 and assist numbers both land in the top 20% of MLS midfielders—not just productive, but consistently so across nearly 2,800 minutes, which filters out the noise. Here's the counterintuitive part: his 86.8% pass accuracy might read as conservative, but paired with his top-20% dribble rate, this is a player taking risks and still completing them. The weaknesses are real, though—his press intensity sits in the bottom 10%, and his aerial numbers are essentially nonexistent, making him a liability in any system demanding defensive graft or physicality.