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PlayersHaley McCutcheon

Haley McCutcheon

Haley McCutcheon

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1996-02-22 (age 30)
Height:
167 cm

Career (2018–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 196 GP · 16,099 min · 10 goals · 10 assists

Composite 2026: 0.450 — ranked 98 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12018Dash191516901101167100.050.11
22019Dash242120770007413300.000.00
32021Dash22211860010501072.6500.000.05
42022Dash423029300202281869.7800.000.06
52023Pride222219551001041570.4300.050.05
62024Pride252119702001041678.7300.090.09
72025Pride2827235744028101477.1200.150.31
82026Pride141412602201971676.3200.140.29
8 Yrs19617116099101001124310973.72700.060.11

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12018Dash169010.300.700.021.661.96-0.300.092.600.140.782
22019Dash207700.25-0.250.010.090.99-0.900.004.510.200.985
32021Dash186000.35-0.350.022.143.23-1.090.106.050.290.467
42022Dash293000.72-0.720.020.471.18-0.710.013.330.100.681
52023Pride195511.39-0.390.06-0.831.97-2.81-0.045.210.240.572
62024Pride197021.500.500.07-1.28-0.46-0.82-0.061.850.080.551
72025Pride235744.87-0.870.190.541.13-0.580.021.840.070.727
82026Pride126022.90-0.900.211.101.28-0.180.083.550.250.423
8 Yrs160991012.28-2.280.073.8911.28-7.390.0228.940.165.188

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
12022-0.8481.483-1.1400.8840.167138247
22023-1.8200.964-0.8400.837-0.033234240
320260.8380.4060.1150.6290.0000.45098385

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
1201815158111121an 8, played like a 6
220192111551281played her role
320209711711played her role
42021252525played her role
5202220172117111played her role
62023242222211played her role
7202423251621533an 8, played like a 6
8202528418611133253an 8, played like a 6
920261458111021an 8, played like a 6
9 Yrs179852759718826111377played 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
1Clarisse Le BihanAngel City2022Midfielder0.712
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6Hina SugitaThorns2025Midfielder0.607
7Mikayla CluffPride2022Midfielder0.604
8Cece DelzerCurrent2022Forward0.597
9Hal HershfeltSpirit2025Midfielder0.582
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