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PlayersEmily Sonnett

Emily Sonnett

Emily Sonnett

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1993-11-25 (age 32)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 188 GP · 16,871 min · 6 goals · 5 assists

Composite 2026: 0.041 — ranked 204 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Thorns15151427000325200.000.00
22017Thorns242422783106510200.120.16
32018Thorns20201865110544500.050.10
42019Thorns13121185200734210.150.15
52021Spirit181715930001321082.9000.000.00
62022Spirit10984100040285.5100.000.00
72023Reign2222194701082480.0500.000.05
82024Gotham27272368010511090.1500.000.04
92025Gotham2929263901071689.4700.000.03
102026Gotham10772800031290.7100.000.00
10 Yrs1881821687165061215786.93010.030.06

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Thorns142700.000.000.002.042.62-0.580.132.850.180.264
22017Thorns227830.712.290.035.687.07-1.390.226.340.250.636
32018Thorns186510.820.180.042.203.52-1.320.115.250.250.509
42019Thorns118521.290.710.101.992.79-0.800.153.430.260.243
52021Spirit159300.64-0.640.041.971.840.120.113.460.200.262
62022Spirit84100.28-0.280.031.301.71-0.410.142.270.240.208
72023Reign194700.31-0.310.01-0.010.37-0.380.002.240.100.613
82024Gotham FC236800.41-0.410.022.423.16-0.740.093.030.120.343
92025Gotham FC263900.94-0.940.030.822.17-1.350.034.170.140.399
102026Gotham FC72800.13-0.130.020.440.80-0.360.051.460.180.129
10 Yrs1687165.530.470.0318.8526.05-7.210.1034.500.183.606

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
12022-0.7620.198-0.3820.2320.045176247
22023-1.1870.2341.4490.3260.56049240
32025-2.1910.6730.387-0.4800.040186258
42026-1.1500.9320.080-0.2730.1030.041204385

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
120161616151played her role
22017262626played her role
32018222222played her role
420191313121played her role
5202119181181played her role
62022121212played her role
720232441194191an 8, played like a 6
820242723132331played her role
920252929263played her role
102026777played her role
10 Yrs195170223165282played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Kennedy WesleyWave2026Defender0.893
2Emily MasonReign2026Defender0.842
3Megan MontefuscoPride2023Defender0.836
4Sarah GordenAngel City2025Defender0.827
5Abby DahlkemperWave2023Defender0.824
6Katie LindDash2023Defender0.808
7Diane Evelyn CaldwellCourage2021Defender0.806
8Kaleigh RiehlWave2022Defender0.780
9Emily SamsPride2025Defender0.775
10Arin WrightRacing2024Defender0.775