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PlayersLydia Williams

Lydia Williams

Position:
Goalkeeper
Nationality:
Australia
Born:
1988-05-13 (age 38)
Height:
175 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 43 GP · 4,108 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Dash15151412000000000.000.00
22017Dash11111050000000000.000.00
32018Reign16161552000000000.000.00
42019Reign1194000000000.000.00
4 Yrs43434108000000000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Dash141201.911.040.880.122.070.130.003
22017Dash105001.320.910.410.111.310.11
32018Reign155202.671.541.130.152.620.15
42019Reign9400.240.050.190.230.070.07
4 Yrs410800.000.000.006.143.542.610.136.070.130.003

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
120161515
220171111
320181717
4201911
4 Yrs4444

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Madalyn SchiffelReign2017Goalkeeper0.875
2Jordyn BloomerRacing Lou2022Goalkeeper0.836
3Katelyn RowlandCourage2020Goalkeeper0.808
4Kaitlyn SavagePride2016Goalkeeper0.774
5Michelle BetosReign2020Goalkeeper0.751
6Kaylie CollinsPride2022Goalkeeper0.750
7Amanda DennisDash2021Goalkeeper0.742
8Casey MurphyReign2020Goalkeeper0.730
9Heather HinzDash2024Goalkeeper0.725
10Stephanie Lynn Marie LabbéCourage2019Goalkeeper0.693