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PlayersDani Weatherholt

Dani Weatherholt

Dani Weatherholt

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-03-17 (age 32)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 178 GP · 12,357 min · 5 goals · 3 assists

Composite 2026: 0.057 — ranked 199 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Pride129836000425000.000.00
22017Pride19171557110868100.060.12
32018Pride23171952200191618100.090.09
42019Pride19161424000426100.000.00
52021Reign2011104001032781.8000.000.09
62022Angel City2020174300082576.9200.000.00
72023Angel City2115144801083476.1200.000.06
82024Courage21883510021183.4000.110.11
92025Courage12758100010481.9100.000.00
102026Courage111194110032282.6200.100.10
10 Yrs1781311235753060366080.01000.040.06

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Pride83600.000.000.00-0.570.26-0.82-0.061.260.140.195
22017Pride155710.550.450.031.611.91-0.300.092.100.120.674
32018Pride195221.310.690.061.712.08-0.370.082.530.120.675
42019Pride142400.13-0.130.01-0.090.19-0.29-0.011.640.100.355
52021Reign104000.33-0.330.030.600.77-0.170.051.000.090.355
62022Angel City174300.39-0.390.02-1.400.52-1.92-0.071.690.090.705
72023Angel City144801.19-1.190.07-0.99-0.56-0.43-0.061.450.090.523
82024Courage83511.07-0.070.11-0.870.56-1.42-0.091.130.120.192
92025Courage58100.05-0.050.010.160.46-0.300.031.310.200.171
102026Courage94110.960.040.091.542.04-0.500.152.760.260.327
10 Yrs1235755.98-0.980.041.708.23-6.520.0116.870.124.172

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
120260.7580.300-0.8710.4760.0010.057199385

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
120169224123121an 8, played like a 6
22017186111113211an 8, played like a 6
32018171142173132an 8, played like a 6
4201916141121013an 8, played like a 6
520204431an 8, played like a 6
620211376112played her role
72022261115125an 8, played like a 6
820232011920played her role
92024128121723played her role
10202576161played her role
112026118392played her role
11 Yrs153245447631268976367an 8, played like a 6

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Madison PogarchRoyals2024Defender0.931
2Kiki PickettCourage2023Midfielder0.909
3Kerry AbelloPride2024Defender0.907
4Reyna ReyesThorns2025Defender0.890
5Allysha ChapmanDash2022Defender0.885
6Casey KruegerSpirit2024Defender0.863
7Taylor WoodStars2025Midfielder0.861
8Alyssa MalonsonBay FC2024Defender0.843
9Kristen McNabbWave2024Defender0.835
10M.A. VignolaThorns2026Defender0.830