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PlayersMichelle Cooper

Michelle Cooper

Michelle Cooper

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
2002-12-04 (age 23)
Height:
160 cm

Career (2023–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 77 GP · 5,281 min · 16 goals · 10 assists

Composite 2026: 0.406 — ranked 111 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12023Current2117163431232162265.4500.170.22
22024Current2317150233024112267.1200.180.36
32025Current2017124263031151971.2300.430.65
42026Current13129034301610662.3100.400.70
4 Yrs7763528116102103526966.61100.270.44

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12023KC Current163435.01-2.010.28-1.790.13-1.92-0.103.530.190.295
22024KC Current150233.73-0.730.222.963.64-0.680.183.770.230.413
32025KC Current124263.622.380.264.965.36-0.400.363.130.230.262
42026KC Current90342.481.520.252.452.83-0.390.247.760.770.216
4 Yrs52811614.841.160.258.5811.96-3.390.1518.190.311.186

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
12023-0.4890.550-0.642-0.171240240
220260.4071.854-0.716-0.1120.0000.406111385

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
12023231941184played her role
22024223192182played her role
32025172141161played her role
42026121212played her role
4 Yrs74564521647played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Michelle AlozieDash2022Defender0.709
2Cameron TuckerDash2023Forward0.700
3Bianca St-GeorgesCourage2024Forward0.696
4Taylor SmithGotham2022Forward0.696
5Mya JonesWave2024Forward0.678
6Midge PurceGotham2025Forward0.661
7Sveindís JónsdóttirAngel City2025Forward0.651
8Nichelle PrinceCurrent2025Forward0.651
9Janni ThomsenRoyals2025Midfielder0.638
10Ayo OkeSummit2026Defender0.637