Kellyn Acosta

5'10", 150 lbs born July 24, 1995 (age 31), Plano, TX

games
383
starts
298
minutes
26,988
goals
26
assists
28

first recorded game Nov. 9, 2011 · last recorded game Oct. 22, 2025

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
FC Dallas 123 96 8844 9 12 140
Colorado Rapids 81 77 6698 7 7 102
Los Angeles FC 64 53 4664 3 4 54
Chicago Fire 54 33 2963 3 2 27
United States 52 31 3093 2 3 —
FC Dallas Reserves 9 8 726 2 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 305 245 21886 21 25 308
MLSp 17 14 1283 1 0 15
MLSr 9 8 726 2 — —
IF 20 13 1274 2 1 —
WCq 19 9 1002 0 1 —
GC 11 9 777 0 1 —
WC 2 — 40 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 2013 0 2014 2015, top flight: 3 goals 3 2015 2016, top flight: 2 goals 2 2016 2017, top flight: 3 goals 2017, international: 1 goal 4 2017 2018, top flight: 3 goals 2018, international: 1 goal 4 2018 2019, top flight: 2 goals 2 2019 2020, top flight: 2 goals 2 2020 2021, top flight: 1 goal 1 2021 2022, top flight: 3 goals 3 2022 0 2023 2024, top flight: 3 goals 3 2024 0 2025

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
FC Dallas Reserves MLSr 2011 1 — 6 0 — —
FC Dallas Reserves MLSr 2012 3 3 270 1 — —
FC Dallas MLS 2013 13 11 1004 0 0 6
FC Dallas Reserves MLSr 2013 5 5 450 1 — —
FC Dallas MLS 2014 15 9 843 0 1 7
FC Dallas MLSp 2014 1 0 14 0 0 0
FC Dallas MLS 2015 21 19 1606 3 2 29
FC Dallas MLSp 2015 3 3 300 0 0 2
FC Dallas MLS 2016 32 24 2328 2 5 35
FC Dallas MLSp 2016 2 2 180 0 0 3
FC Dallas MLS 2017 23 20 1895 3 2 49
FC Dallas MLS 2018 13 8 674 1 2 9
Colorado Rapids MLS 2018 12 12 1040 2 3 21
Colorado Rapids MLS 2019 31 30 2619 2 1 35
Colorado Rapids MLS 2020 15 14 1150 2 1 27
Colorado Rapids MLSp 2020 1 1 81 0 0 1
Colorado Rapids MLS 2021 21 19 1718 1 2 17
Colorado Rapids MLSp 2021 1 1 90 0 0 1
Los Angeles FC MLS 2022 32 28 2549 2 4 32
Los Angeles FC MLSp 2022 3 3 270 1 0 5
Los Angeles FC MLS 2023 24 18 1501 0 0 14
Los Angeles FC MLSp 2023 5 4 344 0 0 3
Chicago Fire MLS 2024 34 27 2311 3 2 25
Chicago Fire MLS 2025 19 6 648 0 0 2
Chicago Fire MLSp 2025 1 0 4 0 0 0

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g a
United States WCq 2016 2 1 108 0 —
United States IF 2016 1 1 59 0 —
United States GC 2017 5 4 311 0 —
United States IF 2017 3 2 207 1 —
United States WCq 2018 4 2 224 0 —
United States IF 2018 6 4 391 1 —
United States IF 2020 1 — 22 0 —
United States GC 2021 6 5 466 0 1
United States IF 2021 6 4 388 0 1
United States WC 2022 2 — 40 0 —
United States WCq 2022 13 6 670 0 1
United States IF 2022 1 1 90 0 —
United States IF 2023 2 1 117 0 —

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLSp Oct. 22, 2025 Chicago Fire   3 - 1 Orlando City SC 0 — 4 SeatGeek Stadium
MLS Sept. 30, 2025 Chicago Fire   5 - 3 Inter Miami 0 — 19 Chase Stadium
MLS Sept. 27, 2025 Chicago Fire   2 - 0 Columbus Crew 0 — 0 Soldier Field
MLS Sept. 6, 2025 Chicago Fire   3 - 2 New England Revolution 0 — 7 SeatGeek Stadium
MLS Aug. 23, 2025 Chicago Fire   0 - 4 Philadelphia Union 0 — 15 Talen Energy Stadium
MLS Aug. 16, 2025 Chicago Fire   3 - 2 Saint Louis City SC 0 — 20 SeatGeek Stadium
MLS Aug. 9, 2025 Chicago Fire   2 - 2 Los Angeles FC 0 — 2 SeatGeek Stadium
MLS July 19, 2025 Chicago Fire   0 - 2 CF Montréal 0 — 27 Saputo Stadium
MLS June 28, 2025 Chicago Fire   2 - 3 Charlotte FC 0 — 1 Soldier Field
MLS June 25, 2025 Chicago Fire   0 - 1 Philadelphia Union 0 — 20 Soldier Field
game log: 372 of 383 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Kellyn Acosta
player together share
Ryan Hollingshead 138 37%
Michael Barrios 114 31%
Matt Hedges 108 29%
Victor Ulloa 97 26%
Walker Zimmerman 86 23%
Tesho Akindele 84 23%
Jack Price 71 19%
Keegan Rosenberry 70 19%
Carlos Vela 69 19%
Mauro Díaz 65 17%
André Shinyashiki 63 17%
Atiba Harris 63 17%

The 12 most frequent, of the 372 games Kellyn Acosta has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

In the news

headline source date
European notebook: Berhalter impresses, Busio looks ready, Balogun's rumored move, & more American Soccer Now 2026-08-10 detail
Chicago Fire FC 2026 Season Preview MLSSoccer.com 2026-02-16 detail
Chicago Fire FC, Kellyn Acosta mutually terminate contract MLSSoccer.com 2026-01-14 detail
What now? Austin FC, Chicago Fire & FC Dallas out in Round One MLSSoccer.com 2025-11-05 detail
Eastern Conference: What we learned in Game 2 & what comes next MLSSoccer.com 2025-11-02 detail
MLS Transfers: Which clubs need to make moves at the deadline? MLSSoccer.com 2025-08-19 detail
Chicago Fire midfielder Kellyn Acosta drives community forward MLSSoccer.com 2025-07-31 detail
MLS transfers: What every Eastern Conference team needs this summer MLSSoccer.com 2025-07-17 detail
USMNT after 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup: Whose stock is up or down? MLSSoccer.com 2025-07-07 detail
Nashville's progression, Minnesota's shortcomings & more from Matchday 21 MLSSoccer.com 2025-06-29 detail
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season salary
2013 $46500.00
2014 $55000.00
2015 $60000.00
2016 $220000.00
2017 $260000.00
2018 $280000.00
2019 $549999.96
2020 $850000.00
2021 $1000000.00
2022 $1100000.00
2023 $1250000.00
2024 $1392188.00
2025 $1461796.00