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PlayersCarson Pickett

Carson Pickett

Carson Pickett

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1993-09-15 (age 32)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 202 GP · 15,839 min · 6 goals · 17 assists

Composite 2026: 0.274 — ranked 141 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Reign158902010525010.000.10
22017Reign212119660001039200.000.00
32018Pride191614850007313200.000.00
42019Pride2019194001017918200.000.05
52021Courage252522670501035777.7200.000.20
62022Courage201917311601774576.3000.050.36
72023Racing201916930001053372.8300.000.00
82024Racing262018422201384375.4200.100.20
92025Pride24141311320871580.8000.210.34
102026Summit12870200040977.1000.000.00
10 Yrs2021691583961701014724776.51310.030.13

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Reign90200.000.000.000.780.93-0.140.082.540.250.181
22017Reign196600.21-0.210.010.691.27-0.580.035.640.260.917
32018Pride148500.20-0.200.011.451.92-0.470.094.570.280.563
42019Pride194000.34-0.340.020.671.19-0.530.035.880.270.462
52021Courage226700.50-0.500.025.255.91-0.660.2112.910.510.746
62022Courage173111.97-0.970.105.475.98-0.510.2811.050.570.488
72023Racing Lou169300.79-0.790.044.385.10-0.720.239.330.500.439
82024Racing Lou184221.010.990.056.587.56-0.980.328.460.410.437
92025Pride131131.141.860.082.422.97-0.550.174.290.290.183
102026Denver70200.42-0.420.05-0.380.76-1.15-0.055.350.690.181
10 Yrs1583966.58-0.580.0427.3133.59-6.290.1670.020.404.597

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
12022-1.0640.8220.2231.4690.55346247
22023-1.5770.693-0.0822.0160.51751240
32024-1.2100.695-0.3102.0160.50485338
42025-0.2870.762-0.3321.7580.57554258
520261.1120.0020.0080.6730.0000.274141385

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
1201684112611played her role
22017212121played her role
32018161616played her role
42019191811711played her role
5202129272272played her role
620222523112311played her role
72023242424played her role
8202422211202played her role
9202514104113played her role
102026888played her role
10 Yrs18617243717331171played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Courtney PetersenRacing2026Defender0.785
2Janine SonisRacing2025Forward0.682
3Sam StaabSpirit2023Defender0.649
4Alex LoeraCurrent2022Midfielder0.631
5Júlia BianchiStars2023Midfielder0.614
6Tierna DavidsonStars2021Defender0.609
7Lauren BarnesReign2025Defender0.599
8Meleana ShimThorns2017Midfielder0.583
9María SánchezWave2024Midfielder0.582
10Meghan KlingenbergThorns2021Defender0.577