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Arin Wright

Arin Wright

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1992-12-25 (age 33)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 191 GP · 16,164 min · 4 goals · 13 assists

Composite 2026: 0.260 — ranked 145 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Chicago Stars2020178804013713200.000.20
22017Chicago Stars222118470009510200.000.00
32018Chicago Stars2423216204023920300.000.17
42019Chicago Stars17171608110221013000.060.11
52021Chicago Stars232218700201321069.2200.000.10
62022Chicago Stars11872300093277.7000.000.00
72023Chicago Stars2019158810094680.8200.060.06
82024Racing Lou2221181000022384.9110.000.00
92025Racing Lou23222030120113681.6100.040.13
102026Racing Lou9873810031377.5000.120.12
10 Yrs191181161644130114468679.51310.020.09

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Chicago Stars178800.07-0.070.002.393.02-0.630.125.910.300.608
22017Chicago Stars184700.34-0.340.021.342.39-1.050.076.830.330.913
32018Chicago Stars216200.80-0.800.032.633.56-0.930.118.600.360.646
42019Chicago Stars160812.04-1.040.111.421.97-0.560.085.650.320.556
52021Chicago Stars187001.60-1.600.080.801.86-1.060.044.810.230.483
62022Chicago Stars72300.60-0.600.070.010.41-0.400.002.070.260.134
72023Chicago Stars158810.540.460.030.591.82-1.230.033.880.220.455
82024Racing Lou181000.08-0.080.000.693.16-2.470.034.960.250.381
92025Racing Lou203011.28-0.280.061.402.39-0.990.064.840.210.392
102026Racing Lou73810.870.130.111.231.43-0.200.152.910.350.195
10 Yrs1616448.22-4.220.0512.5022.01-9.520.0750.460.284.763

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
12022-1.4020.6830.7921.5590.66631247
22023-0.9180.4750.0572.0260.60644240
32024-0.9690.010-0.5102.4460.438103338
42025-0.949-0.333-0.7662.3670.255123258
520260.761-0.184-0.6961.2310.0500.260145385

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
120162117121183played her role
22017222222played her role
32018242031204played her role
4201917134161played her role
5202125241232played her role
620221376832played her role
72023211381281played her role
8202424519420played her role
920252222202played her role
102026888played her role
10 Yrs1971216429112359213played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Katie LindDash2021Defender0.865
2Paige NielsenDash2025Defender0.861
3Megan ReidAngel City2023Defender0.860
4Kelli HublyThorns2021Defender0.847
5Hannah AndersonChicago Stars2024Defender0.846
6Satara MurrayRacing Lou2022Defender0.845
7RafaellePride2025Defender0.836
8Sam HiattReign2022Defender0.823
9Gabrielle RobinsonKC Current2024Defender0.821
10Kaleigh RiehlRacing Lou2021Defender0.818