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Megan Reid

Megan Reid

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
Canada
Born:
1996-07-08 (age 30)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 79 GP · 5,872 min · 0 goals · 1 assists

Composite 2026: -0.364 — ranked 305 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Angel City2222198001030578.5200.000.05
22023Angel City9879300011380.5000.000.00
32024Angel City2319179300083286.3300.000.00
42025Angel City18989200072387.2100.000.00
52026Summit7541400051190.7100.000.00
5 Yrs796358720102471484.1700.000.02

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Angel City198000.46-0.460.02-0.271.41-1.67-0.015.240.240.243
22023Angel City79300.12-0.120.010.561.06-0.500.061.370.160.153
32024Angel City179301.42-1.420.07-0.291.56-1.85-0.014.160.210.361
42025Angel City89200.51-0.510.050.200.45-0.250.022.320.230.148
52026Denver41400.67-0.670.150.230.28-0.040.051.270.280.084
5 Yrs587203.18-3.180.050.434.76-4.310.0114.360.220.989

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
120261.144-0.773-0.170-0.5480.011-0.364305385

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
12022242424played her role
22023131313played her role
32024232323played her role
42025999played her role
52026555played her role
5 Yrs747474played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Tierna DavidsonStars2023Defender0.882
2RafaellePride2025Defender0.880
3Katie LindDash2021Defender0.878
4Kaleigh RiehlRoyals2025Defender0.873
5Paige NielsenDash2025Defender0.865
6Isabella ObazeThorns2025Defender0.862
7Meaghan NallyThorns2022Defender0.847
8Ally PrisockDash2023Defender0.846
9Jyllissa HarrisDash2024Defender0.837
10Lauren FlynnRoyals2025Defender0.835