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Ashley Sanchez

Ashley Sanchez

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1999-03-16 (age 27)
Height:
162 cm

Career (2021–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 127 GP · 9,905 min · 29 goals · 13 assists

Composite 2026: 1.675 — ranked 2 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12021Spirit2524207250046273472.2200.220.22
22022Spirit1916148335047253072.7200.180.49
32023Spirit2019160351029181972.5000.280.34
42024Courage2726221954049283579.3100.200.37
52025Courage2317141122022172176.0000.130.26
62026Courage1313111791029171868.3000.730.81
6 Yrs12711599052913022213215774.6500.260.38

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12021Spirit207252.922.080.133.954.51-0.560.173.270.140.368
22022Spirit148332.400.600.154.895.50-0.610.303.870.240.228
32023Spirit160352.702.300.155.385.63-0.250.302.580.140.193
42024Courage221953.931.070.165.055.50-0.450.205.670.230.301
52025Courage141121.310.690.082.653.06-0.410.173.260.210.230
62026Courage111794.794.210.396.596.87-0.280.5310.730.860.139
6 Yrs99052918.0510.950.1628.5131.07-2.560.2629.380.271.459

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
12022-0.3960.052-0.3140.588-0.128247247
22024-0.634-0.1370.8100.861-0.141338338
320261.2362.6191.1331.9240.0001.6752385

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
12020826152played her role
22021281666343711an 8, played like a 9
3202223174221479an 8, played like a 9
42023191114321214an 8, played like a 10
5202430620121117174an 8, played like a winger
620251721322123played her role
7202613211013played her role
7 Yrs13827695411486296233an 8, played like a winger

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Clara SchilkeCourage2023Midfielder0.785
2Vanessa Kara Michelle GonzálezRacing2021Forward0.745
3Veronica LatskoDash2019Forward0.742
4Yuri KawamuraCourage2018Midfielder0.697
5Sarah LuebbertStars2020Midfielder0.665
6Michaela-Batya Bisi AbamDash2022Forward0.633
7Crystal Elaine Marie ThomasPride2021Forward0.630
8Yazmeen RyanThorns2021Forward0.614
9María SánchezStars2019Midfielder0.609
10Taylor LytleRoyals2018Midfielder0.605