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PlayersRocky Rodríguez

Rocky Rodríguez

Rocky Rodríguez

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
Costa Rica
Born:
1993-10-28 (age 32)
Height:
166 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 180 GP · 11,941 min · 15 goals · 8 assists

Composite 2026: -0.397 — ranked 312 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Gotham18171531110261610100.060.12
22017Gotham21171532400221216200.230.23
32018Gotham1510101101017109000.000.09
42019Gotham22222093330352015200.130.26
52021Thorns2320181322134122777.1200.100.20
62022Thorns191511953002191681.7200.230.23
72023Thorns14865810062479.8100.140.14
82024Angel City20131139100126478.4300.080.08
92025Current21770600042269.7400.000.00
102026Current7226301010180.7000.000.34
10 Yrs1801311194115811788910477.91700.110.17

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Gotham FC153110.050.950.001.601.510.090.092.150.130.557
22017Gotham FC153242.601.400.153.874.17-0.300.232.100.120.502
32018Gotham FC101100.34-0.340.03-0.630.40-1.03-0.061.400.120.294
42019Gotham FC209332.900.100.122.242.56-0.320.102.990.130.557
52021Thorns181322.68-0.680.130.521.16-0.630.033.600.180.684
62022Thorns119532.700.300.201.241.86-0.620.091.630.120.387
72023Thorns65810.600.400.080.310.65-0.340.040.920.130.259
82024Angel City113911.13-0.130.090.160.99-0.820.011.730.140.467
92025KC Current70600.27-0.270.030.410.80-0.390.051.700.220.392
102026KC Current26300.13-0.130.040.250.250.000.090.760.260.083
10 Yrs119411513.401.600.109.9714.35-4.360.0818.980.144.182

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
120230.306-0.3661.826-0.6940.294114240
220240.345-0.3561.644-0.9030.185199338
32026-0.447-0.850-0.5820.1900.000-0.397312385

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
120161731221421an 8, played like a 6
22017172141161an 8, played like a 6
32018101073an 8, played like a 6
420192212235151312an 8, played like a 6
52020917141121an 8, played like a 6
620212237121345a winger, played like a 6
720221951411422an 8, played like a 6
82023936711an 8, played like a 6
92024133101111an 8, played like a 6
102025742161played her role
1120262211played her role
11 Yrs1472694317711051510106an 8, played like a 6

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Macey HodgeAngel City2025Midfielder0.809
2Dani WeatherholtAngel City2023Midfielder0.783
3Agnes NybergRoyals2024Midfielder0.765
4Nikki StantonReign2022Midfielder0.738
5Freja Siri Margareta OlofssonRacing2022Midfielder0.728
6Jennifer CudjoeGotham2022Midfielder0.715
7Mikayla CluffPride2023Midfielder0.712
8Bea FranklinStars2024Midfielder0.694
9Jordyn ListroPride2022Midfielder0.690
10Angharad James-TurnerReign2024Midfielder0.671