Nkosi Tafari #91
Defender
Centre-back
USA
Major League Soccer 2026/27 · 11 apps
Avg 6.84 · top 24% of Major League Soccer defenders
Club
- Age
- 29 years
- born 23 March 1997
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
- Contract until
- Dec 2026
- At the club since
- Jan 2025
- from Dallas
- Matches this season
- 11
- 745 min · 2026/27
| Competition | Matches | Goals | Assists | Rating | xG | Key passes/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 | 0.94 | 1.32 |
Form
Rating curve · 2026/27 · Avg 6.80 across 11 rated matches · all competitions
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JULNOV
Match ratings · rated matches only · gaps = no rating2 Nov · vs Minnesota United (H) 1–3 · 6.73
2 NovMLS
Minnesota United home
L 1–3
45′
6.73
26 OctMLS
LA Galaxy home
D 2–2
24′
6.48
18 OctMLS
New York City away
D 1–1
90′
6.78
27 SepMLS
Dallas away
L 0–1
46′
6.82
20 SepMLS
SJ Earthquakes away
D 2–2
44′
6.61
All 54 matches
13 SepMLS
Sporting KC away
L 1–3
90′
7.15
10 SepMLS
New York RB home
W 2–0
90′
7.02
6 SepMLS
Real Salt Lake away
D 2–2
90′
7.48
20 AugMLS
Colorado Rapids away
L 0–1
46′
6.12
16 AugMLS
San Diego home
L 0–1
90′
6.75
23 JulMLS
Real Salt Lake home
W 3–1
90′
6.90
2025/26
25 MayMLS
Seattle Sounders home
W 1–0
7′
6.51
18 MayMLS
Nashville SC away
L 2–3
90′
6.55
14 MayMLS
St. Louis City away
L 1–2
90′
1A
7.16
11 MayMLS
Houston Dynamo home
L 1–4
90′
6.48
3 MayMLS
San Diego away
D 2–2
90′
6.47
25 AprMLS
Minnesota United away
W 1–0
90′
7.86
23 AprMLS
Colorado Rapids home
D 0–0
44′
6.23
20 AprMLS
SJ Earthquakes home
L 1–4
90′
6.34
11 AprMLS
Portland Timbers away
L 1–2
90′
7.04
5 AprMLS
Orlando City home
W 6–0
90′
7.14
22 MarMLS
Austin away
D 0–0
90′
7.43
15 MarMLS
St. Louis City home
W 2–0
90′
6.50
8 MarMLS
Dallas home
W 1–0
90′
6.94
1 MarMLS
Houston Dynamo away
W 2–0
90′
7.48
22 FebMLS
Inter Miami home
W 3–0
90′
6.82
23 NovMLS
Vancouver Whitecaps away
L 2–2
46′
6.13
3 NovMLS
Austin away
W 4–1
22′
6.51
30 OctMLS
Austin home
W 2–1
90′
6.93
19 OctMLS
Colorado Rapids away
D 2–2
90′
6.29
13 OctMLS
Austin away
L 0–1
90′
6.94
9 OctMLS
Toronto home
W 2–0
90′
7.51
6 OctMLS
Atlanta United home
W 1–0
90′
7.31
28 SepMLS
St. Louis City away
W 3–0
90′
6.84
22 SepMLS
Real Salt Lake home
W 4–1
90′
7.11
18 SepMLS
Real Salt Lake away
W 4–1
90′
7.25
14 SepMLS
SJ Earthquakes away
W 4–2
90′
6.89
1 SepMLS
San Diego home
L 1–2
90′
6.46
24 AugMLS
Dallas away
D 1–1
90′
6.35
17 AugMLS
New England away
W 2–0
90′
6.92
10 AugMLS
Chicago Fire away
D 2–2
90′
6.59
26 JulMLS
Portland Timbers home
L 0–1
90′
6.73
20 JulMLS
LA Galaxy home
D 3–3
90′
6.24
17 JulMLS
Minnesota United away
W 1–0
90′
6.91
13 JulMLS
Dallas home
W 2–0
14′
6.82
10 JulMLS
Colorado Rapids home
W 3–0
27′
6.61
2024/25
28 AprMLS
St. Louis City home
D 2–2
2′
7.55
6 AprMLS
Houston Dynamo away
L 0–1
90′
6.73
30 MarMLS
San Diego away
L 2–3
73′
6.43
23 MarMLS
Sporting KC away
W 2–0
3′
15 MarMLS
Austin home
L 0–1
90′
7.89
8 MarMLS
Seattle Sounders away
L 2–5
90′
7.00
2 MarMLS
New York City home
W 1–0
90′
7.67
22 FebMLS
Minnesota United home
W 1–0
1′
Transfers
- 23 Jan 2025transfer Dallas Los Angeles FC €290k
- 30 Nov 2020end of loan North Texas Dallas —
- 3 Oct 2020loan Dallas North Texas —
Career
| Club | Matches | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | |||
| Los Angeles FC MLS | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | |||
| Los Angeles FC MLS | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | |||
| Dallas MLS | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | |||
| Dallas MLS | 33 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | |||
| Dallas MLS | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | |||
| Dallas MLS | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | |||
| Dallas MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 |