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PlayersSofia Huerta

Sofia Huerta

Sofia Huerta

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-12-14 (age 33)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 201 GP · 18,053 min · 33 goals · 32 assists

Composite 2026: 0.962 — ranked 27 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Chicago Stars20201803720431921200.350.45
22017Chicago Stars24212077640513225000.260.43
32018Dash23232280860774434100.320.55
42019Dash24232192540472334100.210.37
52021Reign2423210616025113181.8200.040.30
62022Reign201917401401473278.6100.050.26
72023Reign201917271211052678.4300.050.16
82024Reign19191710202733179.4400.110.11
92025Reign14141260111821782.7100.070.14
102026Reign13131158131741181.1100.080.31
10 Yrs201194180533332528915026280.21600.160.32

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Chicago Stars180373.703.300.185.165.20-0.040.262.220.110.283
22017Chicago Stars207762.733.270.123.764.88-1.130.164.640.200.371
32018Dash228086.661.340.263.243.66-0.420.135.910.230.391
42019Dash219256.17-1.170.252.582.83-0.250.115.230.210.349
52021Reign210611.77-0.770.082.142.95-0.810.096.140.260.268
62022Reign174011.09-0.090.065.706.31-0.610.297.830.410.410
72023Reign172711.23-0.230.062.473.13-0.670.135.470.280.334
82024Reign171022.35-0.350.120.773.11-2.330.047.620.400.404
92025Reign126011.22-0.220.091.252.08-0.830.094.230.300.283
102026Reign115811.31-0.310.101.641.94-0.300.138.140.630.246
10 Yrs180533328.234.770.1428.7136.09-7.390.1457.430.293.339

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
120220.9231.199-1.4341.7400.53050247
220230.1641.442-1.5151.5770.40378240
32024-0.3781.229-1.9891.006-0.044334338
420260.5740.8661.6120.6070.0410.96227385

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
1201621381021198a 9, played like a winger
220172247114297a 9, played like a winger
320182311129119111an 8, played like a winger
4201923814134646a winger, played like a 10
520206633played her role
62021279315101133played her role
720222525232played her role
82023212121played her role
92024202020played her role
1020251410410211played her role
112026131313played her role
11 Yrs2159942925922107261195228played her role

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Natalia KuikkaThorns2021Defender0.675
2Hailie MaceKC Current2024Midfielder0.663
3Ryan WilliamsCourage2024Defender0.656
4Hanna LundkvistSan Diego Wave2025Defender0.632
5Claire HuttonBay2026Midfielder0.616
6Esme MorganSpirit2026Defender0.615
7Jess CarterGotham FC2024Defender0.615
8Haley McCutcheonDash2021Defender0.608
9Lauren MillietRacing Lou2023Midfielder0.604
10Caprice DydascoDash2023Defender0.602