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Katie Lind

Katie Lind

Position:
Defender
Nationality:
USA
Born:
1994-02-15 (age 32)
Height:
178 cm

Career (2016–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 163 GP · 13,670 min · 4 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2025: 0.251 — ranked 126 of 258 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12016Chicago Stars169927000111000.000.00
22017Chicago Stars22222062000311100.000.00
32018Chicago Stars23232214100422200.040.04
42019Chicago Stars22181677000313200.000.00
52021Dash24242160300156483.6200.130.13
62022Dash2323207000061380.6100.000.00
72023Dash1716138700021283.7010.000.00
82025Dash1613117300031191.2000.000.00
8 Yrs1631481367040037141784.5810.030.03

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12016Chicago Stars92700.000.000.000.570.84-0.270.062.320.220.219
22017Chicago Stars206200.65-0.650.031.081.54-0.450.055.240.230.588
32018Chicago Stars221410.460.540.021.492.26-0.770.063.960.160.667
42019Chicago Stars167700.17-0.170.01-0.710.87-1.58-0.043.440.180.435
52021Dash216031.741.260.073.635.01-1.380.155.050.210.691
62022Dash207000.29-0.290.010.082.41-2.330.003.830.170.607
72023Dash138700.07-0.070.000.181.67-1.490.012.280.150.264
82025Dash117300.90-0.900.07-0.050.50-0.550.001.720.130.166
8 Yrs1367044.28-0.280.036.2715.10-8.820.0427.840.183.637

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
120220.177-1.0550.8490.0660.109157247
220230.266-0.8601.5210.4630.37486240
32025-0.001-0.9230.9980.6530.251126258

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
1201691818played her role
22017232323played her role
320182424231played her role
42019191919played her role
52020111111played her role
62021282828played her role
72022292929played her role
82023202020played her role
92025131313played her role
9 Yrs176117511741played her role

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

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Becky SauerbrunnThorns2024Defender0.893
2Isabella ObazeThorns2024Defender0.882
3Kayla SharplesBay2024Defender0.849
4Megan ReidAngel City2024Defender0.847
5Stine Ballisager PedersenKC Current2024Defender0.846
6Maycee BellCourage2026Defender0.839
7Savy KingAngel City2025Defender0.837
8Abby ErcegRacing Lou2024Defender0.837
9Kaleigh RiehlRoyals2024Defender0.830
10Phoebe McClernonReign2025Defender0.825