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Shelby Hogan

Shelby Hogan

Position:
Goalkeeper
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1998-05-10 (age 28)
Height:
180 cm

Career (2021–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 28 GP · 2,550 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2026: 0.158 — ranked 165 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12021Thorns00000000
22022Thorns11900000076.0000.000.00
32023Thorns222100000048.9000.000.00
42024Thorns222219800000056.9000.000.00
52025Gotham221800000068.1000.000.00
62026Gotham11900000088.2000.000.00
6 Yrs2828255000000059.5000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12021Thorns00
22022Thorns9000.080.050.030.080.110.11
32023Thorns2100-0.160.31-0.47-0.070.150.06
42024Thorns198002.581.730.850.123.480.160.004
52025Gotham FC18000.390.200.200.200.430.21
62026Gotham FC9000.110.050.060.110.150.15
6 Yrs255000.000.000.003.002.340.670.114.320.150.004

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
120220.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000185247
220230.0000.000185240
320240.0000.000274338
420250.0000.000191258
52026-0.100-0.879-0.342-0.4980.1580.158165385

Goalkeeping

Glossary
RkSeasonTeamGPMinGASavesSave%CSPSxGPSxG−GA
12021Thorns0000
22022Thorns19006100.01.660.66
32023Thorns22103350.05.00-1.00
42024Thorns221980277373.0927.870.87
52025Gotham FC21804450.01.61-2.39
62026Gotham FC19003100.010.420.42
6 Yrs282550348972.41036.56-1.44

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
1202211
2202366
320242323
4202522
5202611
5 Yrs3333

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Cassie MillerCurrent2023Goalkeeper0.947
2Aubrey KingsburySpirit2023Goalkeeper0.933
3Bella BixbyThorns2022Goalkeeper0.923
4Casey MurphyCourage2021Goalkeeper0.916
5Ashlyn HarrisGotham2022Goalkeeper0.912
6Carly NelsonCurrent2021Goalkeeper0.912
7Claudia DickeyReign2023Goalkeeper0.911
8Emily BoydStars2023Goalkeeper0.906
9Phallon Tullis-JoyceReign2023Goalkeeper0.903
10Jordan SilkowitzBay FC2025Goalkeeper0.902