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Chelsie Dawber

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Australia
Born:
2000-01-12 (age 26)

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 4 GP · 84 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Stars418400010258.3000.000.00
1 Yr418400010258.3000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Chicago Stars8400.03-0.030.03-0.21-0.17-0.04-0.230.050.050.014
1 Yr8400.03-0.030.03-0.21-0.17-0.04-0.220.050.050.014

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
12022111played her role
1 Yr111played her role

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Cali Jean FarquharsonDash2022Forward0.690
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3Haley BugejaPride2023Forward0.633
4Marissa EverettThorns2021Forward0.564
5Taylor WhiteRacing2026Forward0.549
6McKenzie WeinertReign2024Forward0.548
7Andrea KitahataGotham2026Forward0.548
8Abigail Kofi KimPride2022Forward0.545
9Cece DelzerRoyals2025Forward0.539
10Olivia AthensReign2022Midfielder0.531