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PlayersCari Roccaro

Cari Roccaro

Cari Roccaro

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-07-18 (age 31)
Height:
168 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 155 GP · 12,231 min · 5 goals · 2 assists

Composite 2024: 0.203 — ranked 193 of 338 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Dash15141341000210200.000.00
22017Dash18161587000218300.000.00
32018Courage22183000002000.000.00
42019Courage1311960010627000.000.09
52021Courage2411107300053678.5300.000.00
62022Angel City21201646410179881.1200.220.27
72023Stars2121183010063583.6200.050.05
82024Stars2727240300051879.5300.000.00
92025Stars141412080000080.6200.000.00
9 Yrs1551361223152043204480.81700.040.05

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Dash134100.000.000.00-0.270.75-1.02-0.022.480.170.240
22017Dash158700.03-0.030.001.011.86-0.850.062.920.170.638
32018Courage18300.080.08-0.010.040.150.070.103
42019Courage96000.10-0.100.011.201.23-0.030.111.650.150.286
52021Courage107300.20-0.200.02-0.55-0.19-0.35-0.051.020.090.308
62022Angel City164642.331.670.132.673.42-0.750.151.290.070.779
72023Chicago Stars183011.19-0.190.060.080.92-0.840.001.330.070.524
82024Chicago Stars240300.27-0.270.01-0.661.38-2.04-0.023.370.130.465
92025Chicago Stars12080-0.010.74-0.750.002.020.150.293
9 Yrs1223154.120.880.033.5510.19-6.640.0316.230.123.636

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
120222.315-0.3491.365-1.3870.253106247
220231.639-0.5031.582-0.9830.300113240
320241.381-0.6151.560-1.0630.203193338

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
12016141414played her role
22017164543457a center back, played like a 6
320182211an 8, played like a 6
420191152456a center back, played like a 6
5202051225played her role
6202113254112911played her role
720222681352411an 8, played like a 6
820232522325an 8, played like a 6
9202429101361613a 6, played like a center back
10202514113131played her role
10 Yrs1554483660151455912111an 8, played like a 6

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Kathrin HendrichStars2025Defender0.928
2Alana CookReign2024Defender0.906
3Emily SamsPride2024Defender0.862
4Ellie JeanRacing2025Defender0.842
5Elizabeth BallCurrent2024Defender0.840
6Julia LesterRacing2023Defender0.837
7Ali KriegerGotham2022Defender0.831
8Emily MengesThorns2022Defender0.825
9Kelli HublyThorns2024Defender0.819
10Tara RuddSpirit2025Defender0.813