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PlayersRachel Hill

Rachel Hill

Rachel Hill

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1995-04-17 (age 31)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 170 GP · 10,443 min · 19 goals · 5 assists

Composite 2026: -0.610 — ranked 343 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12017Pride14878431019109000.340.46
22018Pride217105940020145100.340.34
32019Pride24221968420412124200.180.27
42021Stars2618156940021102157.5000.230.23
52022Stars211614321001162267.9100.060.06
62023Wave1816114100064967.8300.000.00
72024Bay FC1913117912021111673.6000.080.23
82025Bay FC231412302001791569.1200.150.15
92026Racing4810006466.7000.000.00
9 Yrs1701141044319501628912166.7900.160.21

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12017Pride78432.740.260.311.161.23-0.070.130.890.100.128
22018Pride105943.100.900.262.602.99-0.390.221.960.170.297
32019Pride196843.380.620.151.251.71-0.470.063.330.150.510
42021Chicago Stars156943.870.130.222.593.15-0.560.153.660.210.500
52022Chicago Stars143211.55-0.550.101.161.61-0.450.074.610.290.563
62023San Diego Wave114100.90-0.900.07-1.19-0.67-0.52-0.091.590.130.349
72024Bay117911.69-0.690.13-0.100.07-0.16-0.012.130.160.238
82025Bay123022.50-0.500.180.160.65-0.500.012.590.190.310
92026Racing Lou8100.46-0.460.52-0.61-0.620.01-0.681.061.180.082
9 Yrs104431920.19-1.190.177.0210.12-3.110.0621.820.192.977

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
120220.3400.852-0.229-1.0590.201127247
22026-0.605-0.729-0.805-0.2960.000-0.610343385

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
1201787144played her role
220187142142played her role
32019221752137played her role
42020612351a 9, played like a winger
52021191153217played her role
6202216151106played her role
720232119221171played her role
820241616151played her role
9202514113212played her role
9 Yrs129171194161919316played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Veronica LatskoReign2023Forward0.860
2Bianca St-GeorgesCourage2024Forward0.853
3Michelle CooperCurrent2025Forward0.846
4Nichelle PrinceDash2021Forward0.846
5Crystal DunnGotham2024Midfielder0.830
6Midge PurceGotham2025Forward0.817
7Jess McDonaldRacing2022Forward0.812
8Emma SearsRacing2025Forward0.795
9Aline GomesCourage2025Forward0.794
10Delphine CascarinoWave2025Forward0.789