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Nicolette Hernández

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
Mexico
Born:
1999-02-17 (age 27)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2026–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 7 GP · 214 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2026: 0.142 — ranked 169 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12026Legacy7221400000272.5000.000.00
1 Yr7221400000272.5000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12026Boston Legacy21400.03-0.030.01-0.14-0.01-0.13-0.061.770.750.042
1 Yr21400.03-0.030.01-0.14-0.01-0.13-0.061.770.740.042

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
RkSeason ▴xGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12024-0.3161.4210.3651.3090.81028338
22026-0.5310.9460.012-0.1320.0000.142169385

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
12024333played her role
22026222played her role
2 Yrs555played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Madison PogarchThorns2022Defender0.704
2Rebecca HollowayRacing2022Defender0.671
3Cori DykePride2026Midfielder0.660
4Dani WeatherholtCourage2025Midfielder0.646
5Kerry AbelloPride2024Defender0.644
6Elizabeth EddyDash2022Defender0.641
7Perle MorroniWave2025Defender0.640
8Casey KruegerSpirit2024Defender0.639
9Lily WoodhamReign2024Defender0.638
10Taryn TorresGotham2024Midfielder0.634