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PlayersMallory Weber

Mallory Weber

Mallory Weber

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-04-04 (age 32)
Height:
168 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 83 GP · 4,816 min · 1 goals · 2 assists

Composite 2023: 0.646 — ranked 39 of 240 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Thorns137762000533100.000.00
22017Thorns175631100445100.140.14
32018Thorns1497490007310000.000.00
42019Royals19131413010131117200.000.06
52021Current19141242010831561.6400.000.07
62022Current11190000075.0000.000.00
72023Current000000000
7 Yrs8349481612037245061.7800.020.06

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Thorns76200.000.000.000.020.19-0.170.002.060.240.270
22017Thorns63110.720.280.10-0.67-0.33-0.34-0.100.420.060.167
32018Thorns74901.04-1.040.12-0.88-0.62-0.26-0.110.970.120.218
42019Royals141300.42-0.420.030.681.04-0.360.045.310.340.346
52021KC Current124200.85-0.850.061.291.79-0.500.095.020.360.540
62022KC Current190-0.020.04-0.07-0.120.020.11
72023KC Current00-0.060.02-0.08
7 Yrs481613.03-2.030.060.362.13-1.780.0113.800.261.541

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
12022-0.0230.900-0.7671.8690.55247247
220230.0150.760-0.7042.2170.64639240

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
12016743421played her role
2201751441played her role
3201892223234played her role
4201913112112played her role
5202065133played her role
62021151141131played her role
72022333played her role
7 Yrs58361315334177played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Camryn BiegalskiStars2024Defender0.662
2Tyler LussiAngel City2022Forward0.655
3Madison CurryReign2025Defender0.646
4Emily MasonReign2025Defender0.635
5Lauren MillietRacing2026Midfielder0.634
6Kelsey HillAngel City2023Defender0.629
7Tatumn MilazzoStars2021Defender0.609
8Kiki PickettCurrent2021Midfielder0.597
9Addisyn MerrickRoyals2024Defender0.589
10Brianna MartinezPride2024Defender0.583