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Chardonnay Curran

Chardonnay Curran

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1999-08-18 (age 26)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 47 GP · 979 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2025: 0.596 — ranked 51 of 258 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Current17136800052266.9000.000.00
22023Current1333040003271.4000.000.00
32024Stars1123300052175.0100.000.00
42025Stars6740002157.6100.000.00
4 Yrs474979000157369.2200.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022KC Current36800.35-0.350.08-0.72-0.40-0.32-0.180.610.150.092
22023KC Current30400.35-0.350.10-0.61-0.52-0.09-0.180.330.100.051
32024Chicago Stars23301.11-1.110.43-0.73-0.32-0.41-0.280.610.240.065
42025Chicago Stars7400.12-0.120.14-0.31-0.20-0.11-0.380.240.300.027
4 Yrs97901.93-1.930.18-2.37-1.44-0.93-0.221.790.160.235

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
12022-0.4411.004-0.7091.0240.27995247
22023-0.8430.846-0.1740.5330.193143240
32024-1.3600.8100.6480.4950.341124338
42025-1.6830.9850.8181.1890.59651258

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
120223123an 8, played like a 6
22023413211an 8, played like a 6
2 Yrs725511an 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
1Mia FishelReign2025Forward0.743
2Maddie MercadoReign2026Midfielder0.740
3Mary LongCurrent2025Forward0.721
4Kayla FischerRacing2025Midfielder0.690
5Aisha SolórzanoRoyals2025Forward0.690
6McKenzie WeinertReign2023Forward0.685
7Elyse BennettReign2023Forward0.683
8Mak WhithamGotham2025Forward0.669
9Alexandria Loy HessCurrent2021Forward0.666
10Kyra CarusaWave2024Forward0.657