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Taylor Maree Leach

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-01-19 (age 34)
Height:
178 cm

Career (2021–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 26 GP · 1,202 min · 1 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12021Current876301003178.3100.140.14
22022Current1875720003177.6100.000.00
2 Yrs2614120210062078.0200.070.07

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12021KC Current63010.240.760.030.771.14-0.370.111.630.230.147
22022KC Current57200.35-0.350.050.391.41-1.030.061.040.160.084
2 Yrs120210.590.410.041.162.55-1.400.092.670.200.231

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120203312played her role
22021888played her role
32022111111played her role
3 Yrs2222121played her role

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