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PlayersKristen Edmonds

Kristen Edmonds

Kristen Edmonds

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1987-05-22 (age 39)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 130 GP · 10,739 min · 10 goals · 4 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Pride19191804620281826100.300.40
22017Pride2220191820014810100.090.09
32018Pride15131180100525100.080.08
42019Pride1391044000304200.000.00
52021Current212117211011151180.7200.050.05
62022Current24232029010101179.3000.000.04
72023Gotham1611104301041380.3100.000.09
82024Gotham000000000
8 Yrs13011610739104166347080.0800.080.12

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Pride180461.414.590.076.266.44-0.180.314.640.230.383
22017Pride191821.370.630.062.483.03-0.550.124.940.230.416
32018Pride118011.01-0.010.081.141.47-0.330.092.720.210.228
42019Pride104400.45-0.450.04-0.820.99-1.81-0.072.220.190.216
52021KC Current172111.39-0.390.07-1.071.91-2.99-0.064.350.230.311
62022KC Current202900.000.000.002.243.60-1.360.104.000.180.607
72023Gotham FC104300.21-0.210.020.731.35-0.620.062.460.210.233
82024Gotham FC000.450.390.07
8 Yrs10739105.844.160.0511.4119.18-7.770.1025.330.212.394

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
12016191111033251434an 8, played like a 6
2201721146114511played her role
320181381485played her role
42019999played her role
52020311121played her role
6202123107132117311played her role
72022291017111316played her role
82023136767played her role
92024111played her role
9 Yrs131603252031166301316105played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Jess CarterGotham2025Defender0.843
2Savy KingAngel City2026Defender0.825
3Julia LesterRacing2022Defender0.793
4Naomi GirmaWave2022Defender0.787
5Paige NielsenAngel City2023Defender0.766
6Arin WrightStars2023Defender0.765
7Natalie JacobsDash2025Defender0.763
8Gabrielle RobinsonCurrent2023Defender0.761
9Ali KriegerGotham2023Defender0.760
10Emily SamsPride2023Defender0.760