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PlayersCasey Krueger

Casey Krueger

Casey Krueger

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1990-08-23 (age 35)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 144 GP · 12,489 min · 9 goals · 10 assists

Composite 2023: 0.481 — ranked 59 of 240 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Stars2020184520016914000.100.10
22017Stars222120261101689200.040.09
32018Stars98699100642000.130.13
42019Stars23232191230231512200.080.21
52021Stars1616144010061670.8100.060.06
62023Stars20201711020421676.3000.000.11
72024Spirit25231976130511770.8200.050.18
82025Spirit9760111032364.4000.150.30
92026000000000
9 Yrs14413812489910079427971.7700.060.14

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Chicago Stars184520.711.290.033.374.16-0.790.166.280.310.548
22017Chicago Stars202610.770.230.030.612.38-1.770.036.330.280.528
32018Chicago Stars69910.140.860.021.401.57-0.160.182.090.270.183
42019Chicago Stars219120.461.540.023.905.17-1.270.167.290.300.504
52021Chicago Stars144011.64-0.640.101.032.71-1.680.064.620.290.347
62023Chicago Stars171100.55-0.550.03-0.251.08-1.32-0.014.280.220.280
72024Spirit197610.420.580.021.392.17-0.780.065.430.250.405
82025Spirit60110.390.610.060.831.18-0.350.122.160.320.093
9202600
9 Yrs1248995.083.920.0412.2820.42-8.120.0938.480.282.888

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
12023-0.4211.167-0.2860.6800.48159240

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
120162121201played her role
22017222021633played her role
32018999played her role
4201925241223played her role
520205541played her role
6202120191182played her role
72023241591392played her role
82024232211913played her role
92025888played her role
9 Yrs1571431412914113played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Madison PogarchRoyals2024Defender0.897
2Arin WrightStars2021Defender0.883
3Kerry AbelloPride2024Defender0.881
4M.A. VignolaAngel City2023Defender0.877
5Gabrielle CarleSpirit2023Defender0.873
6Reyna ReyesThorns2025Defender0.872
7Allysha ChapmanDash2021Defender0.869
8Kristen McNabbWave2023Defender0.863
9Kylie NadanerPride2023Defender0.862
10Shae HolmesReign2025Defender0.860