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Leilanni Nesbeth
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Nationality:
- Bermuda
- Born:
- 2001-07-17 (age 24)
- Height:
- 163 cm
Career (2024–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 34 GP · 1,293 min · 1 goals · 1 assists
Composite 2026: -0.862 — ranked 361 of 385 Composite page →
Standard Stats
Advanced Stats
| Expected | VAEP | Threat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | Min | Gls | xG | G−xG | xG/90 | VAEP | Off | Def | VAEP/90 | xT | xT/90 | DAxT |
| 1 | 2024 | Chicago Stars | 975 | 1 | 0.82 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.73 | 0.16 | 0.395 |
| 2 | 2025 | Chicago Stars | 221 | 0 | 0.03 | -0.03 | 0.01 | -0.74 | -0.18 | -0.56 | -0.30 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.089 |
| 3 | 2026 | Chicago Stars | 97 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -0.15 | -0.16 | 0.02 | -0.13 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.044 |
| 3 Yrs | 1293 | 1 | 0.85 | 0.15 | 0.06 | -0.24 | 0.24 | -0.47 | -0.02 | 2.68 | 0.19 | 0.528 | ||
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.
| Components | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | xG | Carries | Box Passes | Defense | GK | Composite | Rank | Pool |
| 1 | 2026 | -0.743 | -1.072 | -0.701 | -1.016 | 0.000 | -0.862 | 361 | 385 |
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) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Starts | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | Read |
| 1 | 2024 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||||
| 2 | 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2 Yrs | 15 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||||
Similar Players
Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.
| Rk | Player | Team | Season | Pos | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meggie Dougherty Howard | Angel City | 2024 | Midfielder | 0.672 |
| 2 | McKenzie Weinert | Reign | 2024 | Forward | 0.624 |
| 3 | Marissa Everett | Thorns | 2021 | Forward | 0.620 |
| 4 | Katie Johnson | Angel City | 2024 | Forward | 0.619 |
| 5 | Cheyna Matthews | Stars | 2023 | Forward | 0.610 |
| 6 | Kumi Yokoyama | Gotham | 2022 | Forward | 0.592 |
| 7 | Katie O'Kane | Racing | 2025 | Midfielder | 0.591 |
| 8 | Shea Groom | Stars | 2024 | Midfielder | 0.588 |
| 9 | Christine Nairn | Dash | 2021 | Midfielder | 0.585 |
| 10 | Yuki Nagasato | Stars | 2022 | Forward | 0.581 |