Players›Ava Cook
Ava Cook
- Position:
- Forward
- Nationality:
- USA
- Born:
- 1998-10-03 (age 27)
- Height:
- 178 cm
Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 52 GP · 2,091 min · 6 goals · 3 assists
Standard Stats
| Playing Time | Performance | Per 90 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | GP | GS | Min | Gls | Ast | PK | Sh | SoT | KP | Pass% | CrdY | CrdR | Gls/90 | G+A/90 |
| 1 | 2022 | Chicago Stars | 19 | 9 | 951 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 69.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.47 |
| 2 | 2023 | Chicago Stars | 20 | 10 | 961 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 66.8 | 2 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
| 3 | 2024 | Chicago Stars | 3 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.95 | 0.95 | ||
| 4 | 2025 | Chicago Stars | 10 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 4 Yrs | 52 | 19 | 2091 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 66.2 | 5 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.39 | ||
Advanced Stats
| Expected | VAEP | Threat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | Min | Gls | xG | G−xG | xG/90 | VAEP | Off | Def | VAEP/90 | xT | xT/90 | DAxT |
| 1 | 2022 | Chicago Stars | 951 | 2 | 2.25 | -0.25 | 0.21 | -1.77 | -1.32 | -0.45 | -0.17 | 0.68 | 0.06 | 0.202 |
| 2 | 2023 | Chicago Stars | 961 | 3 | 1.92 | 1.08 | 0.18 | 0.59 | 1.11 | -0.51 | 0.06 | 1.06 | 0.10 | 0.249 |
| 3 | 2024 | Chicago Stars | 95 | 1 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.56 | -0.06 | 0.47 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.028 |
| 4 | 2025 | Chicago Stars | 84 | 0 | -0.38 | -0.15 | -0.23 | -0.40 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.048 | |||
| 4 Yrs | 2091 | 6 | 4.59 | 1.41 | 0.20 | -1.06 | 0.20 | -1.25 | -0.05 | 2.31 | 0.10 | 0.527 | ||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Starts | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | Read |
| 1 | 2022 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | played her role | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2023 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | played her role | |||||||||||
| 2 Yrs | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | played her role | ||||||||||
Similar Players
Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.
| Rk | Player | Team | Season | Pos | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marley Canales | Reign | 2023 | Midfielder | 0.672 |
| 2 | Taylor Flint | San Diego Wave | 2023 | Midfielder | 0.606 |
| 3 | Ally Cook | Chicago Stars | 2024 | Forward | 0.583 |
| 4 | Jordyn Huitema | Reign | 2025 | Forward | 0.573 |
| 5 | Sydney Leroux | Angel City | 2024 | Forward | 0.572 |
| 6 | Olivia Van der Jagt | Reign | 2024 | Midfielder | 0.571 |
| 7 | Haley Hopkins | Courage | 2023 | Forward | 0.569 |
| 8 | Alexa Spaanstra | Royals | 2026 | Forward | 0.561 |
| 9 | Cambria Privett | Dash | 2021 | Midfielder | 0.555 |
| 10 | Lily Nabet | Angel City | 2023 | Midfielder | 0.543 |