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Ava Cook

Ava Cook

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1998-10-03 (age 27)
Height:
178 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 52 GP · 2,091 min · 6 goals · 3 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Stars1999512302612969.5100.190.47
22023Stars2010961300134966.8200.280.28
32024Stars3951003237.5100.950.95
42025Stars108400000158.2100.000.00
4 Yrs5219209163042181966.2500.260.39

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Chicago Stars95122.25-0.250.21-1.77-1.32-0.45-0.170.680.060.202
22023Chicago Stars96131.921.080.180.591.11-0.510.061.060.100.249
32024Chicago Stars9510.420.580.400.500.56-0.060.470.200.190.028
42025Chicago Stars840-0.38-0.15-0.23-0.400.370.400.048
4 Yrs209164.591.410.20-1.060.20-1.25-0.052.310.100.527

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120221111119played her role
220231367157played her role
2 Yrs24618111516played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Marley CanalesReign2023Midfielder0.672
2Taylor FlintWave2023Midfielder0.606
3Ally CookStars2024Forward0.583
4Jordyn HuitemaReign2025Forward0.573
5Sydney LerouxAngel City2024Forward0.572
6Olivia Van der JagtReign2024Midfielder0.571
7Haley HopkinsCourage2023Forward0.569
8Alexa SpaanstraRoyals2026Forward0.561
9Cambria PrivettDash2021Midfielder0.555
10Lily NabetAngel City2023Midfielder0.543