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Dorian Bailey

Dorian Bailey

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1997-01-28 (age 29)
Height:
168 cm

Career (2019–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 136 GP · 9,091 min · 4 goals · 4 assists

Composite 2026: 0.032 — ranked 211 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12019Spirit19121444100866000.060.06
22021Spirit231918120001781781.1200.000.00
32022Spirit1412108600062883.9100.000.00
42023Spirit2014127402042672.7100.000.14
52024Bay271917781201852877.2100.050.15
62025Bay2312120600073977.8200.000.00
72026Bay10649120053673.6000.370.37
7 Yrs13694909144065298078.6700.040.08

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12019Spirit144410.710.290.041.251.59-0.350.082.370.150.347
22021Spirit181200.43-0.430.02-0.88-0.34-0.54-0.041.640.080.350
32022Spirit108600.78-0.780.060.350.68-0.320.031.740.140.335
42023Spirit127400.13-0.130.010.861.86-1.000.063.920.280.425
52024Bay177812.09-1.090.11-1.890.40-2.29-0.102.820.140.478
62025Bay120600.46-0.460.03-0.87-0.39-0.49-0.071.340.100.415
72026Bay49120.641.360.121.721.79-0.080.321.570.290.143
7 Yrs909145.24-1.240.050.545.59-5.070.0115.400.152.493

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
12022-0.7260.4931.2410.6940.60041247
22023-1.292-0.3411.183-0.2110.013181240
32024-0.5880.0451.568-0.1770.340125338
42025-1.1070.1601.2540.0670.270118258
52026-0.549-0.2430.4720.0410.0460.032211385

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
1201912714813played her role
2202073211421played her role
32021231011112111an 8, played like a 6
42022131481192an 8, played like a 6
52023181818played her role
6202422214671347an 8, played like a 6
720251217418111an 8, played like a 6
8202666213an 8, played like a 9
8 Yrs1132919481253125046812an 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
1Andi SullivanSpirit2023Midfielder0.828
2Marisa DiGrandeRacing Lou2024Midfielder0.816
3Katie O'KaneRacing Lou2025Midfielder0.751
4Makenzy RobbeSan Diego Wave2024Forward0.745
5Júlia BianchiChicago Stars2024Midfielder0.743
6Kate Del FavaKC Current2022Defender0.735
7Taryn TorresGotham FC2025Midfielder0.728
8Meggie Dougherty HowardAngel City2024Midfielder0.727
9Morgan GautratPride2025Midfielder0.726
10Addie McCainKC Current2021Midfielder0.724