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Jenna Walker

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1999-03-01 (age 27)
Height:
170 cm

Career (2022–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 19 GP · 974 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12022KC Current11653400000368.6000.000.00
22023KC Current8544000010180.5000.000.00
32024Courage000000000
3 Yrs191197400010473.6000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12022KC Current53400.571.13-0.560.101.710.290.159
22023KC Current44000.03-0.030.010.040.22-0.180.010.780.160.080
32024Courage00
3 Yrs97400.03-0.030.000.611.35-0.740.062.490.230.239

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
12022121212played her role
220237214241an 8, played like a 6
2 Yrs1914141441played her role

Similar Players

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Isabella ObazeThorns2024Defender0.843
2Maitane LópezGotham FC2024Midfielder0.828
3Elizabeth BallKC Current2025Defender0.822
4Kelli HublyBay2025Defender0.809
5Alana CookKC Current2025Defender0.791
6Kaleigh RiehlSan Diego Wave2022Defender0.787
7Kate Del FavaRoyals2025Defender0.776
8Kayla SharplesChicago Stars2022Defender0.775
9KakáBoston Legacy2026Defender0.754
10Croix SotoKC Current2023Defender0.754