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Midge Purce

Midge Purce

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1995-09-18 (age 30)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 148 GP · 10,164 min · 26 goals · 12 assists

Composite 2026: 0.264 — ranked 142 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Breakers22131488120201310100.060.18
22018Thorns1915138100011513100.000.00
32019Thorns22161431810503011000.500.57
42021Gotham181814779131142270.3400.550.61
52022Gotham161412493302691068.8110.220.43
62023Gotham151197744227172171.0400.370.74
72024Gotham11450001166.7100.000.00
82025Gotham231413721101671464.6100.070.13
92026Gotham12874400052874.9200.000.00
9 Yrs14811010164261221879810969.91510.230.34

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Breakers148810.540.460.031.752.44-0.690.114.380.260.434
22018Thorns138100.27-0.270.021.061.77-0.710.075.010.330.613
32019Thorns143188.29-0.290.524.144.45-0.300.262.160.140.145
42021Gotham FC147796.512.490.406.997.81-0.810.433.680.220.328
52022Gotham FC124934.26-1.260.312.973.45-0.470.212.810.200.226
62023Gotham FC97743.470.530.323.293.65-0.360.302.180.200.107
72024Gotham FC4500.000.000.000.140.22-0.070.280.140.290.014
82025Gotham FC137211.59-0.590.100.460.80-0.340.032.680.180.225
92026Gotham FC74400.51-0.510.061.021.41-0.400.126.130.740.223
9 Yrs101642625.440.560.2321.8226.00-4.150.1929.170.262.315

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
120220.2151.5000.207-0.6450.40773247
22023-0.5881.731-0.113-1.002-0.023233240
32024-0.5991.473-0.301-0.714-0.068335338
42026-0.0281.352-0.051-0.1970.0000.264142385

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
1201713931841played her role
2201816142916played her role
32019163211214played her role
42020954531played her role
520212212013145played her role
6202219172172played her role
720231515141played her role
82024222played her role
920251414131played her role
10202687171played her role
10 Yrs13436380153217625played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Emma SearsRacing2024Forward0.900
2Nichelle PrinceDash2021Forward0.898
3Mya JonesWave2024Forward0.886
4Michelle AlozieDash2023Defender0.880
5Michelle CooperCurrent2025Forward0.878
6Ally BrazierReign2022Forward0.856
7Trinity RodmanSpirit2023Forward0.854
8Taylor SmithGotham2022Forward0.853
9Bianca St-GeorgesCourage2024Forward0.844
10Darian Michelle JenkinsCurrent2021Forward0.843