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Jaelin Howell

Jaelin Howell

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1999-11-21 (age 26)
Height:
172 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 99 GP · 8,085 min · 4 goals · 4 assists

Composite 2026: 0.340 — ranked 130 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022Racing Lou22221902020237874.2400.000.09
22023Racing Lou16141304000157380.2400.000.00
32024Racing Lou20131177010112783.5800.000.08
42025Gotham FC2828254641029131182.9510.140.18
52026Gotham FC13131156000126984.8400.000.00
5 Yrs9990808544090353880.92510.040.09

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022Racing Lou190200.72-0.720.03-0.900.52-1.42-0.042.920.140.826
22023Racing Lou130400.88-0.880.06-0.440.14-0.59-0.031.920.130.853
32024Racing Lou117700.44-0.440.03-2.48-1.89-0.59-0.191.250.100.554
42025Gotham FC254642.511.490.092.212.88-0.670.082.690.100.937
52026Gotham FC115600.35-0.350.03-0.70-0.23-0.47-0.053.120.240.510
5 Yrs808544.90-0.900.05-2.311.42-3.74-0.0311.900.133.680

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
120221.288-0.949-1.0101.7610.181134247
22026-0.7240.4180.1810.9710.0150.340130385

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
120222781912411an 8, played like a 6
220231916319played her role
320241569141an 8, played like a 6
42025281261012421played her role
52026133101111an 8, played like a 6
5 Yrs102454710392241an 8, played like a 6

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
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9Hal HershfeltSpirit2025Midfielder0.686
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