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Taylor Otto

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1997-10-23 (age 28)
Height:
178 cm

Career (2021–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 11 GP · 372 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12021Racing9336300000278.0000.000.00
22022Racing290000060.0000.000.00
32023Gotham000000000
3 Yrs11337200000277.4000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12021Racing Lou36300.000.000.00-0.11-0.06-0.05-0.030.400.100.130
22022Racing Lou90-0.09-0.04-0.04-0.850.010.15
32023Gotham FC00
3 Yrs37200.000.000.00-0.20-0.10-0.09-0.050.410.100.130

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
12021333an 8, played like a 6
22022111played her role
2 Yrs4134an 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
1Marissa ShevaSpirit2023Midfielder0.624
2Desiree ScottCurrent2022Midfielder0.620
3Taylor PorterThorns2023Midfielder0.608
4Dani WeatherholtAngel City2023Midfielder0.608
5Claire HuttonCurrent2024Midfielder0.554
6Josefine HasboGotham2025Midfielder0.550
7Freja Siri Margareta OlofssonRacing2022Midfielder0.545
8Devin LynchSummit2026Midfielder0.540
9Sophie HirstDash2023Midfielder0.535
10Agnes NybergRoyals2024Midfielder0.530