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Belle Briede

Belle Briede

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1998-10-03 (age 27)
Height:
168 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 45 GP · 1,973 min · 2 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2025: 1.004 — ranked 16 of 258 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Wave21151361100741176.4100.070.07
22023Wave7225310033175.0000.360.36
32024Dash17235900031582.4000.000.00
42025Dash000000000
4 Yrs451919732001381777.6100.090.09

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022San Diego Wave136111.05-0.050.072.052.17-0.110.141.010.070.246
22023San Diego Wave25310.270.730.100.150.52-0.370.050.190.070.044
32024Dash35900.10-0.100.02-0.90-0.69-0.21-0.230.060.020.060
42025Dash00
4 Yrs197321.420.580.061.302.00-0.690.061.260.060.350

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
120221.6331.2660.7530.9401.0697247
220231.2910.2961.2400.5060.79124240
320241.2190.0271.4050.9760.90423338
420251.1790.1941.5851.0111.00416258

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
120221731411114an 8, played like a 6
2202366411an 8, played like a 6
32024421131an 8, played like a 6
3 Yrs2732211181314an 8, played like a 6

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