NWSL Advanced
/

Players›Cate Hardin

Cate Hardin

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Height:
173 cm

Career (2026–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 10 GP · 502 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2026: -0.487 — ranked 325 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12026Dash10550200031475.4100.000.00
1 Yr10550200031475.4100.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12026Dash50200.19-0.190.03-0.140.18-0.31-0.021.930.350.206
1 Yr50200.19-0.190.03-0.140.18-0.31-0.031.930.350.206

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
RkSeason ▴xGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12026-0.513-0.586-0.756-0.2320.000-0.487325385

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
12026511314an 8, played like a 6
1 Yr511314an 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
1Marie MüllerThorns2026Defender0.689
2Allyson Paige HaranPride2021Defender0.619
3Croix SotoDash2024Defender0.601
4Allison PalischDash2018Midfielder0.518
5Tori HansenPride2023Defender0.496
6Paige NielsenDash2026Defender0.488
7Meaghan NallyThorns2024Defender0.477
8Elli ReedReign2017Defender0.470
9Elizabeth BallThorns2018Defender0.467
10Ali RileyAngel City2025Defender0.459