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PlayersTaylor Lytle

Taylor Lytle

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1989-03-31 (age 37)
Height:
157 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 49 GP · 3,833 min · 1 goals · 9 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Gotham FC1818156612019814000.060.17
22017Gotham FC21201736050201137000.000.26
32018Royals104531020118000.000.34
3 Yrs49423833190402059000.020.23

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Gotham FC156610.140.860.011.971.620.360.112.330.130.261
22017Gotham FC173601.01-1.010.051.101.42-0.320.064.450.230.239
32018Royals53100.000.000.000.450.55-0.110.081.340.230.092
3 Yrs383311.15-0.150.033.523.59-0.070.088.120.190.592

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
12016181717214832an 8, played like a 10
2201720414212791played her role
32018444played her role
420203312an 8, played like a 9
4 Yrs4511412542616165a winger, played like a 10

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Jordan BaggettSpirit2019Midfielder0.790
2Melissa HendersonDash2016Forward0.734
3Cece DelzerDash2020Forward0.681
4Tiffany WeimerBreakers2017Midfielder0.669
5Havana SolaunSpirit2018Midfielder0.659
6Erika TymrakRoyals2019Midfielder0.645
7Danica EvansCourage2020Forward0.639
8Janine SonisDash2017Forward0.638
9Emily van EgmondPride2018Midfielder0.633
10Rosemary Eleanor Florence WhiteBreakers2017Midfielder0.627