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PlayersMallory Swanson

Mallory Swanson

Mallory Swanson

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1998-04-29 (age 28)
Height:
163 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 114 GP · 9,248 min · 35 goals · 18 assists

Composite 2026: 0.888 — ranked 32 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Spirit16131276610463024000.420.49
22018Spirit15131127210251418000.160.24
32019Spirit99808220201012000.220.45
42021Stars2524206954056294868.7100.220.39
52022Stars17141367116153333278.1100.721.12
62023Stars2218010174665.8000.500.50
72024Stars2525211974140322773.9000.300.47
82025000000000
92026Stars5330210042768.1000.300.30
9 Yrs11410392483518325115417472.8200.340.52

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Spirit127663.892.110.273.964.27-0.300.284.040.280.238
22018Spirit112722.32-0.320.190.830.94-0.110.072.480.200.294
32019Spirit80821.370.630.151.001.21-0.220.111.990.220.087
42021Chicago Stars206954.130.870.182.353.60-1.250.107.100.310.268
52022Chicago Stars1367116.814.190.4510.9111.63-0.730.724.640.310.173
62023Chicago Stars18011.27-0.270.63-0.070.03-0.11-0.040.830.410.032
72024Chicago Stars211975.002.000.212.993.30-0.310.134.310.180.301
8202500
92026Chicago Stars30210.720.280.221.101.15-0.050.332.900.860.010
9 Yrs92483525.519.490.2523.0726.13-3.080.2228.290.281.403

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
120221.9210.497-0.0521.3061.2754247
220231.4890.661-0.5820.9550.99513240
320241.4961.005-0.8170.9641.06216338
420260.8501.418-0.2270.8700.0000.88832385

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
120171385283played her role
2201813111194played her role
32019918351played her role
42021262514166played her role
520221919667a winger, played like a 9
62023222a winger, played like a 10
720242541382914a winger, played like a 9
8202633111a winger, played like a 10
8 Yrs110618914205436played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Claire EmslieAngel City2024Forward0.840
2Jaedyn ShawCourage2025Midfielder0.839
3Rose LavelleGotham2025Midfielder0.833
4MartaPride2025Forward0.827
5Ally SentnorRoyals2024Forward0.825
6Olivia MoultrieThorns2024Midfielder0.813
7AdrianaPride2023Forward0.808
8Yazmeen RyanDash2025Forward0.802
9Summer YatesPride2024Forward0.796
10Taylor HuffBay FC2025Midfielder0.788