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PlayersBrittany Ratcliffe

Brittany Ratcliffe

Brittany Ratcliffe

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-02-07 (age 32)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 131 GP · 4,577 min · 12 goals · 3 assists

Composite 2026: 0.283 — ranked 139 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Breakers155619000822300.000.00
22017FCKC2212116112021129100.080.23
32018Royals104404200442200.450.45
42021Courage12225310083267.2000.360.36
52022Courage10333120063375.0100.540.54
62023Courage9543100054385.8100.000.00
72024Spirit253528300189577.5100.510.51
82025Spirit15659411052578.7000.150.30
92026Reign13225620044183.3000.700.70
9 Yrs131424577123079433278.4900.240.29

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Breakers61900.21-0.210.03-0.52-0.48-0.04-0.080.790.120.108
22017Kansas116110.400.600.030.440.60-0.160.031.640.130.287
32018Royals40420.451.550.101.571.74-0.170.350.520.120.165
42021Courage25311.05-0.050.370.370.45-0.080.130.410.150.006
52022Courage33121.640.360.450.390.46-0.070.100.190.050.021
62023Courage43101.07-1.070.222.262.43-0.180.470.630.130.065
72024Spirit52831.621.380.282.733.08-0.350.471.040.180.125
82025Spirit59410.200.800.030.190.21-0.020.030.600.090.063
92026Reign25620.471.530.171.281.32-0.050.451.380.480.021
9 Yrs4577127.114.890.148.719.81-1.120.177.200.140.861

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
120221.3280.124-0.021-0.5940.60340247
220231.021-0.0160.338-0.3420.48957240
320241.8850.4610.5570.2181.14611338
420251.2910.5770.4660.7500.94921258
520260.7410.128-0.1700.0450.0000.283139385

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
12016555played her role
220171212111played her role
3201843113played her role
4202094545played her role
5202131212played her role
62022333played her role
720231010181played her role
820245514played her role
92025777played her role
102026222played her role
10 Yrs60491144511played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Hannah BetfortCourage2025Forward0.746
2Karlie LemaBay FC2025Forward0.734
3Messiah BrightDash2025Forward0.733
4Kirsten WrightRacing2022Forward0.732
5Michelle AlozieDash2024Defender0.723
6Prisca ChilufyaPride2025Forward0.722
7Sh'nia Demetrice GordonRacing2022Forward0.719
8Payton LinnehanThorns2025Forward0.718
9Ally BrazierPride2024Forward0.717
10Sofia JakobssonWave2024Forward0.708