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PlayersAbby Dahlkemper

Abby Dahlkemper

Abby Dahlkemper

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1993-05-13 (age 33)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 135 GP · 12,412 min · 6 goals · 3 assists

Composite 2022: 0.144 — ranked 146 of 247 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Flash2020190021011618200.090.14
22017Courage242423000203246300.000.08
32018Courage191918180001030100.000.00
42019Courage141413410001114000.000.00
52021Dash8872000000179.8000.000.00
62022Wave8856800041369.4010.000.00
72023Wave665401003180.7100.170.17
82024Wave2322205530074482.7100.130.13
92025Bay FC1313117000062480.9200.000.00
102026000000000
10 Yrs13513412412630361712080.51010.040.07

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Flash190022.000.000.092.993.69-0.700.146.150.290.418
22017Courage230000.000.000.004.375.53-1.160.179.310.360.488
32018Courage181800.03-0.030.003.334.57-1.240.166.540.320.216
42019Courage134100.000.000.002.462.86-0.400.164.090.270.236
52021Dash72000.901.03-0.130.111.660.210.167
62022San Diego Wave56800.20-0.200.030.831.11-0.280.131.830.290.115
72023San Diego Wave54010.480.520.081.271.51-0.240.211.420.240.067
82024San Diego Wave205531.821.180.084.505.50-0.990.205.230.230.377
92025Bay117000.46-0.460.041.071.44-0.370.083.250.250.142
10202600
10 Yrs1241264.991.010.0421.7227.24-5.510.1639.480.292.226

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12022-0.2370.3490.639-0.4010.144146247

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120162221111542played her role
2201726265156played her role
32018212121played her role
42019161616played her role
5202088161played her role
62021888played her role
720221313121played her role
82023777played her role
92024262626played her role
102025131313played her role
10 Yrs16015917139122played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Megan MontefuscoPride2023Defender0.917
2Kennedy WesleyWave2026Defender0.891
3Kate Del FavaRoyals2025Defender0.887
4Elizabeth BallCurrent2023Defender0.864
5Diane Evelyn CaldwellCourage2021Defender0.848
6Sarah GordenAngel City2023Defender0.832
7Kaleigh RiehlWave2022Defender0.828
8Mandy FreemanGotham2022Defender0.823
9Emily SamsAngel City2026Defender0.816
10Sierra EngeWave2024Midfielder0.812